Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 126 · 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 has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) film (c) tomato
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) holiday (c) cloud
3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tow (b) steal (c) brake
4. 4.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) listen (b) wrist (c) knob
5. 5.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) gnome (b) sign (c) listen
6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sale (b) bare (c) passed
7. 7.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EYE-sul (b) AYZ-ul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
8. 8.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
9. 9.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) meat (b) head (c) teach (d) clean
10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) g (b) m (c) n
11. 11.Listen: which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) m (b) b (c) c
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) week
13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) w (b) k (c) l
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) rose
15. 15.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAM-un (b) SAL-mon (c) sal-MOAN
16. 16.Listen to “sit”. What sound does the “s” make? (a) “sh”, as in “shop” (b) “z”, as in “zoo” (c) “s”, as in “sun”
17. 17.In “cake”, what sound does the “c” make? (a) “k”, as in “kite” (b) “s”, as in “sun” (c) “ch”, as in “chin”
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) earth (c) people
19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) dear
20. 20.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “book”? (a) food (b) wood (c) goose
21. 21.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) VEJ-tuh-bul
23. 23.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) answer (b) knife (c) half
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) son
25. 25.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “TV”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
26. 26.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) thought (b) bought (c) though (d) brought
27. 27.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “bought”? (a) tough (b) fought (c) through
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) one (c) heal
29. 29.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) eight (b) road (c) son
31. 31.How do you say “purpose”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pur-POSE (b) pur-POHZ (c) PUR-pus
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) there (c) here
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
37. 37.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) fought (b) enough (c) dough
38. 38.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) reign (b) rhyme (c) knit
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
40. 40.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) enough (b) bought (c) although

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