Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 227 · 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.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) feather (b) head (c) break
3. 3.Listen to “try”. What sound does the “y” make? (a) “eye”, as in “my” (b) “y”, as in “yes” (c) “ee”, as in “see”
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) does “determine” have? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) debt (b) knight (c) wrist
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) focus (c) asleep
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) son (c) night
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) missed
9. 9.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “oh”? (a) k (b) f (c) o
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) police (c) comma
11. 11.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) sea (b) break (c) dream
12. 12.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) thought (b) enough (c) although
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) method (c) focus
14. 14.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) go
15. 15.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) FOH-toh-gra-fer (c) foh-toh-GRAF-er
16. 16.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “food”? (a) pool (b) blood (c) good
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) balloon (c) method
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) here (b) road (c) bare
19. 19.How do you say “Wednesday”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
20. 20.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) dough (b) through (c) rough
21. 21.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) w (b) k (c) l
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) meet (b) son (c) bare
24. 24.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
25. 25.How do you say “suite”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SOOT (b) SOO-it (c) SWEET
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) weak (b) passed (c) whole
27. 27.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) n
28. 28.Listen to “cell”. What sound does the “c” make? (a) “ch”, as in “chin” (b) “k”, as in “kite” (c) “s”, as in “sun”
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) n
30. 30.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) rows
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) l (b) f (c) k
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) groan (b) blew (c) bear
35. 35.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) goose (b) food (c) boot (d) wool
36. 36.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-FOR-tay-bul
37. 37.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
38. 38.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “seat”? (a) sweater (b) teach (c) heavy
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) understanding (c) hippopotamus
40. 40.In “cup”, what sound does the “c” make? (a) “s”, as in “sun” (b) “ch”, as in “chin” (c) “k”, as in “kite”

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