Commonly Mispronounced Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 12: Commonly mispronounced words · Set 87 · 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 “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen to “says”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SEZ
3. 3.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FOH-toh-gra-fer (b) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HOT-ul (b) hoh-TEL (c) HO-tel
6. 6.How do you say “recipe”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SIPE (b) RES-uh-pee (c) REE-sipe
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) m (b) l (c) s
8. 8.Listen to “receipt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ri-SEET (b) REE-sept (c) ri-SEEPT
9. 9.Listen to “pizza”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh
10. 10.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) n (c) s
12. 12.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SED (c) SAYD
13. 13.How do you say “chaos”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHOWS (b) KAY-oss (c) CHAY-oss
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) t (b) d (c) b
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) does “salmon” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.How do you say “island”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-lund (b) IS-land (c) iz-LAND
18. 18.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DOWT (c) DUB-ut
19. 19.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “hotel” have? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen to “comfortable”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) u (b) t (c) c
23. 23.How do you say “said”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYD (b) SAY-id (c) SED
24. 24.How do you say “women”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WO-men (b) WOO-men (c) WIM-in
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) b (b) u (c) s
26. 26.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FILM (b) FI-lum (c) FIL-um
27. 27.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) does “debt” have? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen to “chemistry”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) CHEM-is-tree (b) KEM-is-tree (c) kem-ISH-tree
30. 30.Which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) does “biscuit” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
34. 34.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “pizza” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) does “chaos” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
37. 37.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) r (b) c (c) p
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “station” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
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 do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) stay-SHON (c) STAY-shun

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