Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 746 · 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 “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
3. 3.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
5. 5.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) u (c) b
9. 9.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
10. 10.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
19. 19.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SWEET (c) SOO-it
20. 20.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
21. 21.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
22. 22.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
23. 23.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
24. 24.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
28. 28.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
33. 33.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
34. 34.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) EP-i-tohm (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
36. 36.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
38. 38.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED

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