← Commonly mispronounced words lesson New set →

Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 804 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
  2. 2.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
  3. 3.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
  4. 4.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
  5. 5.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  7. 7.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sipe (b) RES-uh-pee (c) ri-SIPE
  8. 8.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kit (c) BIS-kyoot
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
  13. 13.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POHZ
  14. 14.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
  15. 15.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
  16. 16.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAYZ (c) SAY-ez
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  18. 18.How do you say “pronunciation”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (b) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  19. 19.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun
  20. 20.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHAY-oss (b) KAY-oss (c) CHOWS
  21. 21.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
  22. 22.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEET
  25. 25.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kyoot (b) BIS-kit (c) bis-KWIT
  26. 26.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FILM (c) FIL-um
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) di-VEL-up (c) DEV-lup
  31. 31.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
  32. 32.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) SUB-tul (c) sub-TILE
  33. 33.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. 34.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) is-TAY-shun
  35. 35.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SAYZ (c) SEZ
  36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOOL (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOO-lu
  37. 37.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kyoot
  38. 38.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) s (c) t
  39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. l
  2. b
  3. SUT-ul
  4. DOWT
  5. b
  6. 4
  7. RES-uh-pee
  8. BIS-kit
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. u
  13. PUR-pus
  14. FILM
  15. di-VEL-up
  16. SEZ
  17. 2
  18. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  19. STAY-shun
  20. KAY-oss
  21. PUR-pus
  22. fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
  23. 1
  24. ri-SEET
  25. BIS-kit
  26. FILM
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 1
  30. di-VEL-up
  31. KYOO
  32. SUT-ul
  33. KUMF-tuh-bul
  34. STAY-shun
  35. SEZ
  36. SKOOL
  37. SUR-kit
  38. b
  39. pruh-nun-see-AY-shun
  40. 2

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation