Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 730 · 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.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) di-TUR-min (c) de-ter-MYN
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
8. 8.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
10. 10.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
11. 11.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
14. 14.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
15. 15.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
16. 16.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
17. 17.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
19. 19.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
20. 20.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
22. 22.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
26. 26.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
29. 29.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
36. 36.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
37. 37.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
40. 40.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul

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