Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 760 · 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 “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
3. 3.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
4. 4.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
9. 9.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
10. 10.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) b (c) t
14. 14.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
16. 16.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
19. 19.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUT-ul
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
27. 27.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KUMF-tuh-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
28. 28.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
29. 29.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
30. 30.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
31. 31.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
32. 32.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
33. 33.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
34. 34.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
39. 39.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) is-TAY-shun (c) STAY-shun
40. 40.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept

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