Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 697 · 40 questions

How to say it (Say it by syllables): Say the word in beats and stress the CAPITAL beat: di-VEL-up (develop), hoh-TEL (hotel). Drop the silent letters: SAM-un (salmon), EYE-lund (island), ri-SEET (receipt). Do not add an extra beat at the start: SKOOL (school), STAY-shun (station), not is-KOOL.

1. 1.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
4. 4.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
5. 5.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
6. 6.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
7. 7.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
9. 9.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
14. 14.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
15. 15.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
16. 16.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
17. 17.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
18. 18.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
19. 19.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
24. 24.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
25. 25.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
31. 31.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
34. 34.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
35. 35.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
37. 37.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
40. 40.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh

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