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Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 318 · 40 questions
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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”.

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  1. 1.Which letter is silent in “rhyme”? (a) r (b) m (c) h
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) plant (b) imagination (c) doctor
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) brake (b) not (c) meet
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which letter is silent in “debt”? (a) b (b) d (c) t
  7. 7.Which letter is silent in “listen”? (a) l (b) t (c) s
  8. 8.Listen: which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) f (b) k (c) l
  9. 9.Which letter is silent in “comb”? (a) c (b) b (c) m
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) wait (b) night (c) groan
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) walk (b) answer (c) rhino
  13. 13.Listen to “film”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) FI-lum (b) FIL-um (c) FILM
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  16. 16.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “MRI”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
  17. 17.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “head”? (a) teach (b) bread (c) sea
  18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) f
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) mail (b) passed (c) hear
  20. 20.Which word has a silent “w”? (a) knit (b) tomb (c) wrist
  21. 21.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “bee”? (a) b (b) z (c) t
  22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) calculator (c) window
  23. 23.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) beach (b) steak (c) speak
  24. 24.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) sign (b) listen (c) plumber
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) blue (b) deer (c) rose
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) does “queue” have? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) ate (b) male (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which letter is silent in “gnat”? (a) g (b) t (c) n
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) by (c) one
  32. 32.Which letter is silent in “lamb”? (a) m (b) l (c) b
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) does “subtle” have? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) sign (b) whistle (c) knife
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) tough (b) although (c) enough
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  38. 38.In “fly”, what sound does the “y” make? (a) “ee”, as in “see” (b) “y”, as in “yes” (c) “eye”, as in “my”
  39. 39.How do you say “develop”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) dev-uh-LOP (b) DEV-lup (c) di-VEL-up
  40. 40.How do you say “pizza”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PEET-suh (b) pit-ZAH (c) PIZ-zuh

Answer key

  1. h
  2. 2
  3. imagination
  4. meet
  5. 1
  6. b
  7. t
  8. l
  9. b
  10. night
  11. 1
  12. rhino
  13. FILM
  14. 5
  15. 1
  16. an
  17. bread
  18. t
  19. hear
  20. wrist
  21. b
  22. window
  23. steak
  24. listen
  25. 2
  26. deer
  27. 1
  28. 3
  29. pair
  30. g
  31. peace
  32. b
  33. 2
  34. knife
  35. 3
  36. although
  37. 1
  38. “eye”, as in “my”
  39. di-VEL-up
  40. PEET-suh

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