Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 708 · 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) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
8. 8.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
11. 11.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
14. 14.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
16. 16.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
21. 21.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
26. 26.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
27. 27.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
28. 28.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KYOO
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
30. 30.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
32. 32.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
33. 33.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
34. 34.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
36. 36.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
37. 37.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
38. 38.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
39. 39.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

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