Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 802 · 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 “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
5. 5.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
7. 7.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) de-ter-MYN
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
11. 11.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
14. 14.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
19. 19.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
21. 21.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
24. 24.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
26. 26.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) CHEM-is-tree
27. 27.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOO-lu (c) SKOOL
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.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
30. 30.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WOO-men (b) WO-men (c) WIM-in
34. 34.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
35. 35.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
39. 39.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
40. 40.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWT (c) DOWBT

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