Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 255 · 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 to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) WENZ-day (b) WED-nes-day (c) wed-NES-dee
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen to “cat”. What sound does the “c” make? (a) “s”, as in “sun” (b) “k”, as in “kite” (c) “ch”, as in “chin”
5. 5.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “fought”? (a) tough (b) brought (c) rough
6. 6.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) cook (b) pool (c) blood
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) plane (b) peace (c) won
9. 9.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “RTO”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
10. 10.Listen: which letter is silent in “answer”? (a) n (b) w (c) s
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) n (c) k
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “crumb”? (a) r (b) b (c) c
15. 15.Listen to “doubt”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) DOWBT (b) DUB-ut (c) DOWT
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) today (b) method (c) salad
17. 17.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “book”? (a) boot (b) flood (c) hook
18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) won
19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) mail (c) blew
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “school” have? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) rode (b) maid (c) pear
22. 22.Which letter is silent in “talk”? (a) t (b) k (c) l
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) n (b) t (c) g
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) n
25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) there (c) break
26. 26.Which letter is silent in “design”? (a) s (b) g (c) d
27. 27.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) though (b) tough (c) dough
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) focus (c) season
29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) son (b) pair (c) right
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) salad (c) police
31. 31.How do you say “epitome”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) EP-i-tohm (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) ep-i-TOME
32. 32.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) SKOOL (c) is-KOOL
33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sale (b) bury (c) made
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) past (b) one (c) write
35. 35.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “breakfast”? (a) ready (b) steak (c) eat
36. 36.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “you”? (a) u (b) b (c) j
37. 37.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) although (b) bought (c) enough
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) pool (b) boot (c) tooth (d) cook
40. 40.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sur-KWIT (b) SUR-kit (c) SUR-kyoot

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