Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 143 · 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 “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) hear (b) sail (c) sea
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
6. 6.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sounds like “I’ll” (b) AYZ-ul (c) EYE-sul
7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) know (b) pair (c) week
8. 8.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “goose”? (a) wood (b) spoon (c) good
9. 9.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) talk (b) foreign (c) soften
10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) k (b) n (c) f
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) break (b) clean (c) eat
13. 13.Listen: which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) b (c) l
14. 14.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) weather (b) leaf (c) health (d) breakfast
15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) their (b) waste (c) by
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) eight (b) whole (c) no
17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) d
18. 18.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “cook”? (a) goose (b) hook (c) flood
19. 19.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
20. 20.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dream”? (a) bread (b) feather (c) team
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “CBSE”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
24. 24.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) through (b) though (c) brought
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) night (b) sell (c) tow
26. 26.Listen: which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) b (c) m
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “eye”? (a) i (b) g (c) h
29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) sale (b) night (c) peace
30. 30.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) enough (b) dough (c) although (d) though
31. 31.Listen to “bus”. What sound does the “s” make? (a) “z”, as in “zoo” (b) “s”, as in “sun” (c) “sh”, as in “shop”
32. 32.How do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAYZ (b) SEZ (c) SAY-ez
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) wonderful (c) television
34. 34.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sea”? (a) breakfast (b) great (c) teach
35. 35.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wood”? (a) flood (b) hook (c) spoon
36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) missed (b) grown (c) blue
37. 37.Listen to “develop”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) di-VEL-up (b) DEV-lup (c) dev-uh-LOP
38. 38.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “teach”? (a) sea (b) health (c) sweater
39. 39.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “feather”? (a) meat (b) head (c) sea
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) newspaper (c) invitation

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