Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 3 · 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 word has a silent “l”? (a) ghost (b) fasten (c) talk
2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) groan (c) plane
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “foreign”? (a) f (b) g (c) r
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) hear (b) plane (c) not
5. 5.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) t (b) s (c) c
7. 7.In “face”, what sound does the “c” make? (a) “s”, as in “sun” (b) “ch”, as in “chin” (c) “k”, as in “kite”
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) brake
10. 10.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
11. 11.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) look (b) blood (c) wood
12. 12.Which letter is silent in “knife”? (a) k (b) f (c) n
13. 13.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) honest (b) fasten (c) answer
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) groan (b) break (c) flower
15. 15.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) speak (b) health (c) peach (d) team
16. 16.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) sweater (b) great (c) peach
17. 17.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) mail (b) sale (c) meet
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) flu (b) sea (c) whole
20. 20.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “IIT”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
21. 21.How do you say “subtle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) sub-TILE (b) SUT-ul (c) SUB-tul
22. 22.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) VEJ-ee-tay-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) ve-je-TAY-bul
23. 23.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) answer (b) half (c) crumb
24. 24.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) dough (b) tough (c) thought
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) new (b) bare (c) meet
26. 26.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “NGO”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
27. 27.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “USB”: “a” or “an”? (a) an (b) a
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) weak (b) allowed (c) eight
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) square (c) computer
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) asked (b) calculator (c) teacher
31. 31.Which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) n (b) t (c) k
32. 32.Which word has a silent “l”? (a) knife (b) would (c) doubt
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) toe (b) aloud (c) break
36. 36.Which word has a silent “b”? (a) tomb (b) gnat (c) foreign
37. 37.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “seat”? (a) bread (b) eat (c) great
38. 38.Which letter is silent in “whistle”? (a) l (b) s (c) t
39. 39.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “sea”? (a) c (b) x (c) t
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) problem (c) balloon

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