Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 747 · 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 “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
6. 6.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
7. 7.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
12. 12.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
16. 16.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
19. 19.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
20. 20.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
21. 21.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
24. 24.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
27. 27.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
28. 28.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
29. 29.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
30. 30.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
38. 38.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
39. 39.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
40. 40.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul

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