Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 794 · 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 “receipt” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) m (c) s
3. 3.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) foh-toh-GRAF-er (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
8. 8.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SED (c) SAY-id
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “develop” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) RES-uh-pee (b) ri-SIPE (c) REE-sipe
17. 17.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
18. 18.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
23. 23.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
27. 27.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
28. 28.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUB-tul (c) SUT-ul
29. 29.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEB-ut (b) DET (c) DEBT
32. 32.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) di-TUR-min (c) DEE-ter-mine
33. 33.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
34. 34.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
36. 36.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kit
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
40. 40.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME

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