Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 120 · 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 “night”? (a) sun (b) knight (c) eight
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lesson (b) awake (c) around
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) photography (c) dinosaur
5. 5.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “goose”? (a) good (b) cook (c) tooth
6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) tail (b) knot (c) blue
7. 7.Listen to “said”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAY-id (b) SAYD (c) SED
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s
10. 10.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “TV”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) eight (b) hear (c) wait
12. 12.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) fought (b) brought (c) thought (d) rough
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) hear
14. 14.How do you say “school”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-KOOL (b) SKOOL (c) SKOO-lu
15. 15.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “thought”? (a) rough (b) although (c) bought
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) blue (c) sail
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knife (b) write (c) foreign
19. 19.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
20. 20.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) tomato (c) curiosity
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) does “women” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “you”? (a) a (b) e (c) u
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) male (b) week (c) made
25. 25.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) beach (b) break (c) ready
26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) pear (b) mail (c) sea
27. 27.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) half (b) knob (c) knot
28. 28.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) brought (b) tough (c) dough
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) n (b) l (c) s
30. 30.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) EYE-sul (c) AYZ-ul
31. 31.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) wool (b) flood (c) moon
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
33. 33.In “goat”, what sound does the “g” make? (a) “j”, as in “jam” (b) “g”, as in “go” (c) “y”, as in “yes”
34. 34.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) sweater (b) seat (c) ready (d) heavy
35. 35.Which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) s (b) n (c) w
36. 36.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) rhino (b) knit (c) tomb
37. 37.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) ready (b) steak (c) team
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) sun (c) break
39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) pear (b) eight (c) steal
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) activity (c) answer

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