Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 707 · 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 “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
8. 8.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
9. 9.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) n (c) l
11. 11.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
12. 12.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
13. 13.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
15. 15.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
24. 24.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
30. 30.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
34. 34.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
35. 35.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
36. 36.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm
37. 37.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
40. 40.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez

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