Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 704 · 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 “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
2. 2.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
3. 3.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
4. 4.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
7. 7.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
9. 9.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
11. 11.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAYD (c) SAY-id
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
14. 14.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
15. 15.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
16. 16.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
18. 18.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
19. 19.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
20. 20.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
23. 23.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
24. 24.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
29. 29.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
30. 30.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
31. 31.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
35. 35.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
36. 36.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

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