Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 806 · 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 “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “recipe” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
4. 4.Listen to “purpose”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) pur-POSE (c) PUR-pus
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) s (b) b (c) u
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
10. 10.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
11. 11.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) STAY-shun (b) is-TAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
13. 13.Listen to “circuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) SUR-kit (c) sur-KWIT
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
15. 15.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
16. 16.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
22. 22.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
23. 23.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
24. 24.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
25. 25.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
26. 26.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWBT
27. 27.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) mis-CHIEF-us (c) MIS-chi-vus
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
29. 29.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
30. 30.Listen to “station”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) stay-SHON (b) STAY-shun (c) is-TAY-shun
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
32. 32.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POSE (c) pur-POHZ
33. 33.Listen to “queue”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KYOO-yoo (b) KWEE-oo (c) KYOO
34. 34.How do you say “chemistry”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kem-ISH-tree (b) CHEM-is-tree (c) KEM-is-tree
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) p (c) c
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen to “chaos”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) CHAY-oss (c) KAY-oss
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED

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