Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 112 · 40 questions

How to say it (Hear it, then spell it): Say the word in beats and count them. Watch for silent letters and for spellings with more than one sound. Say the weak syllables lightly, as “uh”.

1. 1.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) dear (b) made (c) meat
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) around (c) extra
3. 3.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
4. 4.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) would (b) knit (c) honest
5. 5.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “NCC”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) c (c) b
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) answer (b) yolk (c) knob
9. 9.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
10. 10.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kit (b) SUR-kyoot (c) sur-KWIT
11. 11.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
12. 12.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
13. 13.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) gnat (b) doubt (c) would
14. 14.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) fought (b) enough (c) although
15. 15.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) sea (b) breakfast (c) teach (d) meat
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) child (b) photography (c) elephant
18. 18.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “feather”? (a) heavy (b) seat (c) break
19. 19.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) eight (b) tow (c) one
21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) week (c) piece
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “ghost”? (a) h (b) g (c) s
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) won (b) mail (c) bear
24. 24.In “funny”, what sound does the “y” make? (a) “ee”, as in “see” (b) “y”, as in “yes” (c) “eye”, as in “my”
25. 25.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) b (b) t (c) s
26. 26.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) no (c) rose
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) blue
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) toe (c) see
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) important (b) child (c) teacher
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) hippopotamus (c) world
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) road (b) flower (c) buy
33. 33.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “speak”? (a) breakfast (b) dead (c) seat
36. 36.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) could (b) debt (c) gnome
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) not (c) grown
38. 38.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
39. 39.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “clean”? (a) weather (b) heavy (c) seat
40. 40.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po

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