Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 297 · 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 do you say “says”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SEZ (b) SAY-ez (c) SAYZ
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) season (b) polite (c) again
3. 3.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) pair (c) week
5. 5.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) rhino (b) tomb (c) walk
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “heavy”? (a) team (b) ready (c) teach
8. 8.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “rhino”? (a) n (b) r (c) h
13. 13.In “sure”, what sound does the “s” make? (a) “z”, as in “zoo” (b) “sh”, as in “shop” (c) “s”, as in “sun”
14. 14.Which letter is silent in “reign”? (a) g (b) n (c) r
15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) plain (c) tow
16. 16.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “school”? (a) foot (b) pool (c) hook
17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) sun (c) ate
18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “half”? (a) l (b) h (c) f
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) buy (c) flower
20. 20.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
21. 21.In “city”, what sound does the “y” make? (a) “y”, as in “yes” (b) “eye”, as in “my” (c) “ee”, as in “see”
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) one (b) toe (c) right
23. 23.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “bee”? (a) b (b) a (c) g
24. 24.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) hook (b) food (c) flood
25. 25.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) bare (c) their
27. 27.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “TV”: “a” or “an”? (a) an (b) a
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
30. 30.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) leaf (b) speak (c) dream (d) sweater
31. 31.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
32. 32.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) talk (b) folk (c) ghost
33. 33.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “BSc”: “a” or “an”? (a) an (b) a
34. 34.Listen to “salmon”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAM-un (c) SAL-mon
35. 35.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) talk (b) knot (c) sign
36. 36.How do you say “salmon”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sal-MOAN (b) SAL-mon (c) SAM-un
37. 37.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) break (b) team (c) dream
38. 38.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) comb (b) rhino (c) wrap
39. 39.Which letter is silent in “could”? (a) c (b) d (c) l
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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