Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 740 · 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 “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
2. 2.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
3. 3.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
4. 4.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
5. 5.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
6. 6.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
12. 12.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
15. 15.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
16. 16.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
18. 18.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
20. 20.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
24. 24.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
25. 25.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
26. 26.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
27. 27.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
28. 28.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KYOO (c) KWEE-oo
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
31. 31.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) c (c) r
33. 33.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum

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