Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 701 · 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 “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
2. 2.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
3. 3.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
9. 9.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
13. 13.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
16. 16.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
17. 17.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
20. 20.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
27. 27.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
31. 31.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
32. 32.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
33. 33.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
34. 34.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

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