Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 809 · 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 “island” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
3. 3.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUT-ul (b) sub-TILE (c) SUB-tul
4. 4.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
5. 5.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
6. 6.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
7. 7.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
8. 8.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer
9. 9.How do you say “hotel”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) hoh-TEL (b) HOT-ul (c) HO-tel
10. 10.Listen to “debt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEBT (c) DEB-ut
11. 11.How do you say “biscuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
12. 12.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) REE-sept (b) ri-SEET (c) ri-SEEPT
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
16. 16.Listen to “subtle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUB-tul (b) SUT-ul (c) sub-TILE
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
19. 19.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
20. 20.How do you say “determine”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-TUR-min (b) de-ter-MYN (c) DEE-ter-mine
21. 21.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
22. 22.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) u (c) c
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DET (b) DEB-ut (c) DEBT
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) s (c) u
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “circuit” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
33. 33.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHIEF-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHEE-vee-us
34. 34.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) ep-i-TOME (c) EP-i-tohm
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
36. 36.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
37. 37.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PUR-pus (b) pur-POHZ (c) pur-POSE
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “purpose” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) does “film” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

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