Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 699 · 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.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAL-mon
2. 2.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
3. 3.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
7. 7.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
16. 16.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
17. 17.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
21. 21.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
23. 23.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
28. 28.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
29. 29.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
35. 35.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
40. 40.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund

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