Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 766 · 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 “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
11. 11.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
12. 12.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) AYZ-ul
13. 13.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
14. 14.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
15. 15.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
18. 18.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
20. 20.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) s (c) l
22. 22.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
23. 23.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHAY-oss (c) CHOWS
27. 27.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
28. 28.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
31. 31.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
32. 32.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
33. 33.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
34. 34.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
35. 35.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
37. 37.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

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