Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 726 · 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 “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
2. 2.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PIZ-zuh (c) PEET-suh
11. 11.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
13. 13.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
14. 14.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
16. 16.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
26. 26.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
29. 29.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
30. 30.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
31. 31.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
32. 32.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
35. 35.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
36. 36.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
37. 37.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul

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