Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 772 · 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 “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
2. 2.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
3. 3.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
10. 10.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
17. 17.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
18. 18.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
25. 25.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PEET-suh
26. 26.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
30. 30.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) DEV-lup
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
32. 32.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
33. 33.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
34. 34.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
35. 35.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
36. 36.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
37. 37.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu

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