Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 741 · 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 many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
6. 6.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
7. 7.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
11. 11.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
12. 12.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
13. 13.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
14. 14.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
16. 16.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
18. 18.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
19. 19.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
23. 23.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
25. 25.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
28. 28.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
31. 31.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
32. 32.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
35. 35.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
38. 38.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m

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