Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 717 · 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 “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
2. 2.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
4. 4.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
5. 5.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
10. 10.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
11. 11.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
13. 13.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
14. 14.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
17. 17.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
18. 18.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
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
23. 23.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
27. 27.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) EYE-lund (c) IS-land
31. 31.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
32. 32.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
34. 34.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
35. 35.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit

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