Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 764 · 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 “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
4. 4.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
6. 6.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) di-VEL-up (c) dev-uh-LOP
7. 7.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
8. 8.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
9. 9.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
10. 10.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
11. 11.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
12. 12.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
13. 13.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
17. 17.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
23. 23.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
24. 24.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
25. 25.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
27. 27.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
28. 28.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
29. 29.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
31. 31.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WO-men
32. 32.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
33. 33.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
34. 34.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
36. 36.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
37. 37.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) kom-for-TAH-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul

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