Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 787 · 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 “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
2. 2.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) l (c) m
4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
7. 7.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) HO-tel (c) hoh-TEL
8. 8.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) s (c) b
11. 11.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DEBT (c) DET
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
14. 14.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
17. 17.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEV-lup (b) dev-uh-LOP (c) di-VEL-up
18. 18.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
22. 22.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
23. 23.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SOOT (c) SWEET
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
25. 25.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
26. 26.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) iz-LAND (c) EYE-lund
27. 27.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
28. 28.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WIM-in (c) WOO-men
29. 29.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO (b) KYOO-yoo (c) KWEE-oo
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
32. 32.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KEM-is-tree (b) kem-ISH-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
34. 34.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
35. 35.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) ri-SIPE (c) RES-uh-pee
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FIL-um (c) FI-lum
40. 40.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul

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