Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 780 · 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 “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
6. 6.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FI-lum (c) FILM
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
15. 15.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
16. 16.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
17. 17.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT
18. 18.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
19. 19.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
20. 20.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
24. 24.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
25. 25.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
26. 26.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
27. 27.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
28. 28.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
29. 29.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
31. 31.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEEPT (c) ri-SEET
32. 32.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
36. 36.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
37. 37.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2

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