Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 803 · 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.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) bis-KWIT (c) BIS-kyoot
4. 4.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
5. 5.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) u (c) t
8. 8.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DEB-ut (c) DET
9. 9.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kyoot (c) SUR-kit
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) IS-land (b) EYE-lund (c) iz-LAND
17. 17.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
18. 18.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
19. 19.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
20. 20.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WENZ-day (c) WED-nes-day
23. 23.How do you say “queue”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KWEE-oo (b) KYOO (c) KYOO-yoo
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “epitome” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
30. 30.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HO-tel (c) HOT-ul
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
32. 32.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun (c) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun
33. 33.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
34. 34.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
37. 37.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in

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