Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 770 · 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 “recipe” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
3. 3.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
7. 7.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
8. 8.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
11. 11.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DOWBT (c) DUB-ut
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
14. 14.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
15. 15.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
16. 16.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
17. 17.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
18. 18.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
24. 24.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
26. 26.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
27. 27.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
28. 28.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
30. 30.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
37. 37.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit

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