Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 309 · 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 and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Which letter is silent in “circuit”? (a) c (b) t (c) u
3. 3.Which letter is silent in “subtle”? (a) s (b) t (c) b
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) wait (c) son
5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) right (b) blew (c) aloud
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) here (b) son (c) cell
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “knob”? (a) k (b) n (c) b
8. 8.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) though (b) fought (c) rough
9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sea (b) pear (c) flu
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) support (c) around
11. 11.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) eight (b) one (c) blue
13. 13.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “LED”: “a” or “an”? (a) an (b) a
14. 14.How do you say “aisle”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) EYE-sul (c) sounds like “I’ll”
15. 15.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sell (b) sun (c) road
17. 17.Listen to “graph”. What sound does the “ph” make? (a) “f”, as in “fan” (b) “h”, as in “hat” (c) “p”, as in “pen”
18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) road
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) does “pronunciation” have? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) does “Wednesday” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.How do you say “vegetable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ve-je-TAY-bul (b) VEJ-tuh-bul (c) VEJ-ee-tay-bul
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) pit-ZAH (b) PEET-suh (c) PIZ-zuh
24. 24.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “food”? (a) wool (b) good (c) spoon
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) goose (b) blood (c) pool
27. 27.Listen: which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) n (c) k
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) bear (c) flower
29. 29.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-FOR-tay-bul (b) KUMF-tuh-bul (c) kom-for-TAH-bul
30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “knight”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
31. 31.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sev (b) en
32. 32.Listen to “photographer”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
33. 33.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) m (b) r (c) h
34. 34.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) g (b) s (c) n
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) flu (c) here
36. 36.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “MRI”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) pear (b) sale (c) sell
38. 38.How do you say “station”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) is-TAY-shun (b) STAY-shun (c) stay-SHON
39. 39.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) rough (b) tough (c) dough
40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) buy (b) groan (c) sail

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