Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 189 · 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 the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) collect (c) bonus
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) does “said” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) does “receipt” have? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
4. 4.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “why”? (a) w (b) y (c) z
5. 5.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) blood (b) spoon (c) wool
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) t (b) l (c) k
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) l (b) f (c) k
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
10. 10.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) BIS-kit (b) BIS-kyoot (c) bis-KWIT
11. 11.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) food (b) moon (c) foot (d) pool
12. 12.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) pizza (c) collect
14. 14.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) WENZ-day (c) wed-NES-dee
15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) son (c) plain
16. 16.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) peach (b) dream (c) steak
17. 17.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “eat”? (a) sweater (b) beach (c) bread
18. 18.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) soften (b) gnat (c) yolk
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.How do you say “debt”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DEBT (b) DET (c) DEB-ut
21. 21.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) although (b) tough (c) brought
22. 22.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WED-nes-day (b) wed-NES-dee (c) WENZ-day
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) dear
24. 24.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) spoon (b) moon (c) flood
25. 25.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) thought (b) bought (c) brought (d) tough
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) t (b) c (c) u
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) zebra (c) collect
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) tomb (b) rhyme (c) write
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) h (c) r
34. 34.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) feather (b) great (c) break (d) steak
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.In “sky”, what sound does the “y” make? (a) “eye”, as in “my” (b) “ee”, as in “see” (c) “y”, as in “yes”
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “USB”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) information (c) school
40. 40.Listen: which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) n (b) k (c) f

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