Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 706 · 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 “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
8. 8.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
21. 21.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
22. 22.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
23. 23.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
24. 24.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
25. 25.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
29. 29.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
33. 33.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
34. 34.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
37. 37.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
39. 39.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u

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