Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 768 · 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 “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
9. 9.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
10. 10.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
14. 14.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
15. 15.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
16. 16.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
17. 17.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
20. 20.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) p (b) r (c) c
22. 22.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
23. 23.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
24. 24.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
26. 26.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
27. 27.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
30. 30.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
31. 31.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
33. 33.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
34. 34.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (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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