Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 779 · 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 “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
6. 6.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEE-ter-mine (b) de-ter-MYN (c) di-TUR-min
7. 7.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen to “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
18. 18.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
19. 19.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
20. 20.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) ri-SEEPT (c) REE-sept
28. 28.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
29. 29.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) b (c) s
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
36. 36.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
39. 39.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

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