Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 269 · 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 letter is silent in “salmon”? (a) l (b) s (c) m
2. 2.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sev (b) en
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “write”? (a) w (b) t (c) r
4. 4.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) school (b) blood (c) goose
5. 5.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sea”? (a) team (b) health (c) heavy
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) support (c) lemon
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sun (b) rows (c) no
8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) whole (c) maid
9. 9.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “jay”? (a) m (b) k (c) j
10. 10.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sweater”? (a) eat (b) health (c) team
11. 11.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “ATM”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
13. 13.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) eat (b) head (c) sea (d) teach
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) potato (c) activity
15. 15.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “heavy”? (a) eat (b) sea (c) sweater
16. 16.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) half (b) listen (c) knit
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) meat (c) know
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) asleep (c) lemon
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) tooth (b) food (c) boot (d) blood
21. 21.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “MBA”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) photography (b) telephone (c) examination
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) suppose (c) lesson
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) buy (b) sell (c) flu
29. 29.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “bee”? (a) s (b) q (c) b
30. 30.Listen to “Wednesday”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) wed-NES-dee (b) WED-nes-day (c) WENZ-day
31. 31.Listen to “school”. What sound does the “ch” make? (a) “k”, as in “kite” (b) “sh”, as in “shop” (c) “ch”, as in “chin”
32. 32.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) crumb (b) knob (c) reign
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
37. 37.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) though (b) fought (c) brought
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) does “doubt” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen to “biscuit”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) bis-KWIT (b) BIS-kyoot (c) BIS-kit

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