Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 134 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) break (b) beach (c) bread
3. 3.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) crumb (b) knight (c) wrap
4. 4.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) doubt (b) knife (c) could
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) animal (b) refrigerator (c) asked
6. 6.Listen to “cry”. What sound does the “y” make? (a) “ee”, as in “see” (b) “eye”, as in “my” (c) “y”, as in “yes”
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) zebra (c) about
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) flour (b) new (c) won
11. 11.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “seat”? (a) breakfast (b) head (c) clean
12. 12.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) k (b) n (c) f
13. 13.Listen to “rose”. What sound does the “s” make? (a) “sh”, as in “shop” (b) “s”, as in “sun” (c) “z”, as in “zoo”
14. 14.Listen to “suite”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
15. 15.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-tuh-bul (b) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) steel (b) flour (c) cell
17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) one (b) cell (c) son
18. 18.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “RTO”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
19. 19.Listen: which letter is silent in “wrist”? (a) w (b) r (c) s
20. 20.Which letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) s (b) m (c) l
21. 21.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOO-it (b) SWEET (c) SOOT
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) ago (c) asleep
23. 23.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wood”? (a) school (b) tooth (c) look
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) great (b) break (c) weather (d) steak
26. 26.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “thought”? (a) rough (b) fought (c) through
27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) pear (b) right (c) maid
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) bear (b) their (c) berry
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) plumber (b) answer (c) knife
32. 32.Listen to “mischievous”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) MIS-chi-vus (b) mis-CHEE-vee-us (c) mis-CHIEF-us
33. 33.Listen: which letter is silent in “sword”? (a) d (b) s (c) w
34. 34.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “you”? (a) u (b) t (c) f
35. 35.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “FM”: “a” or “an”? (a) an (b) a
36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) passed (b) weak (c) flower
37. 37.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sea (b) write (c) bury
39. 39.In “try”, what sound does the “y” make? (a) “ee”, as in “see” (b) “eye”, as in “my” (c) “y”, as in “yes”
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3

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