Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 782 · 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 “vegetable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
2. 2.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
3. 3.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) SAM-un (c) sal-MOAN
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) KAY-oss
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
12. 12.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
16. 16.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
17. 17.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
18. 18.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PIZ-zuh (b) PEET-suh (c) pit-ZAH
19. 19.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
20. 20.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) hoh-TEL (c) HOT-ul
21. 21.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) PIZ-zuh (c) pit-ZAH
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
28. 28.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
31. 31.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WED-nes-day
32. 32.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
33. 33.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
34. 34.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
35. 35.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
36. 36.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) ep-i-TOME (c) i-PIT-uh-mee
37. 37.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) is-KOOL
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

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