Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 274 · 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 “receipt”? (a) c (b) p (c) r
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) good (b) food (c) blood
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) cactus (c) drama
5. 5.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) clean (b) sea (c) dead (d) teach
6. 6.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) dough (b) fought (c) tough
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) flour (b) waist (c) week
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) around (c) problem
9. 9.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “weather”? (a) peach (b) health (c) seat
10. 10.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) g (b) r (c) n
12. 12.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knight (b) knob (c) sword
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
14. 14.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) fought (b) bought (c) tough
15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) buy (b) week (c) flew
16. 16.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) break (b) sweater (c) steak (d) great
17. 17.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “heavy”? (a) break (b) sea (c) dead
18. 18.Listen to “face”. What sound does the “c” make? (a) “k”, as in “kite” (b) “ch”, as in “chin” (c) “s”, as in “sun”
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “mischievous” have? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen to “chair”. What sound does the “ch” make? (a) “ch”, as in “chin” (b) “k”, as in “kite” (c) “sh”, as in “shop”
23. 23.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) eat (b) seat (c) sea (d) breakfast
24. 24.Which letter is silent in “kneel”? (a) l (b) k (c) n
25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) hole (b) ate (c) their
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) suppose (c) today
27. 27.In “funny”, what sound does the “y” make? (a) “y”, as in “yes” (b) “eye”, as in “my” (c) “ee”, as in “see”
28. 28.How do you say “mischievous”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) mis-CHEE-vee-us (b) MIS-chi-vus (c) mis-CHIEF-us
29. 29.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) method (c) about
31. 31.In “cat”, what sound does the “c” make? (a) “ch”, as in “chin” (b) “k”, as in “kite” (c) “s”, as in “sun”
32. 32.Listen: which letter is silent in “knot”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) weak
34. 34.Listen to “school”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SKOO-lu (b) is-KOOL (c) SKOOL
35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) mail (b) plain (c) sea
36. 36.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SAL-mon (b) sal-MOAN (c) SAM-un
37. 37.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “BSc”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup

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