Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 85 · 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 “island”? (a) n (b) s (c) l
2. 2.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SED (b) SAY-id (c) SAYD
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “says” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
5. 5.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) i-PIT-uh-mee (b) EP-i-tohm (c) ep-i-TOME
6. 6.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) iz-LAND (c) IS-land
7. 7.Listen to “determine”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) de-ter-MYN (b) DEE-ter-mine (c) di-TUR-min
8. 8.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) b (b) t (c) d
10. 10.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) r (c) p
12. 12.Listen to “recipe”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) REE-sipe (c) RES-uh-pee
13. 13.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) does “suite” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
15. 15.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) c (c) t
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) does “chemistry” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen to “island”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) iz-LAND (b) IS-land (c) EYE-lund
23. 23.How do you say “film”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FIL-um (b) FILM (c) FI-lum
24. 24.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SWEET (b) SOOT (c) SOO-it
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
27. 27.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
28. 28.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) d (b) t (c) b
29. 29.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
30. 30.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POHZ (b) PUR-pus (c) pur-POSE
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.How do you say “receipt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEEPT (b) ri-SEET (c) REE-sept
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “island” have? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen to “women”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WIM-in (b) WO-men (c) WOO-men
35. 35.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-ez (b) SEZ (c) SAYZ
36. 36.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.How do you say “doubt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DUB-ut (b) DOWBT (c) DOWT
39. 39.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) KAY-oss (b) CHOWS (c) CHAY-oss
40. 40.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m

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