Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 777 · 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 “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
4. 4.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOO-it (c) SOOT
8. 8.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
9. 9.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
10. 10.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
13. 13.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
15. 15.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
16. 16.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
17. 17.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
18. 18.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
19. 19.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
22. 22.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
23. 23.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
25. 25.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) ve-je-TAY-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
27. 27.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
28. 28.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO-yoo
30. 30.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
35. 35.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
36. 36.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
37. 37.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
38. 38.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
39. 39.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
40. 40.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up

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