Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 70 · 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 part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
2. 2.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) tough (b) though (c) fought
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) there (b) grown (c) knew
5. 5.Which letter is silent in “biscuit”? (a) u (b) s (c) b
6. 6.Which letter is silent in “whole”? (a) w (b) h (c) l
7. 7.Which letter is silent in “sign”? (a) s (b) n (c) g
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) steel (b) pear (c) passed
10. 10.Listen to “hotel”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) HO-tel (b) HOT-ul (c) hoh-TEL
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) season (c) again
12. 12.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “why”? (a) h (b) y (c) j
13. 13.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) rhyme (b) tomb (c) write
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) child (c) curiosity
15. 15.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “spoon”? (a) hook (b) blood (c) moon
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) plane (c) cell
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
20. 20.Which word has a silent “g”? (a) walk (b) knot (c) foreign
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) happen (c) about
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) polite (c) ago
23. 23.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice
24. 24.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) knit (b) write (c) gnome
25. 25.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) brought (b) rough (c) tough (d) enough
26. 26.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
27. 27.Which word has a silent “h”? (a) knob (b) walk (c) rhino
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) meat (b) heel (c) see
29. 29.Which letter is silent in “tomb”? (a) t (b) m (c) b
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) night (b) right (c) weight
31. 31.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) PRO-noun-see-ay-shun (b) pruh-nun-see-AY-shun (c) pruh-NOUN-see-ay-shun
32. 32.Which letter is silent in “gnome”? (a) m (b) n (c) g
33. 33.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “weather”? (a) bread (b) steak (c) speak
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) waist (c) night
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) awake (b) zebra (c) problem
36. 36.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) missed (b) cell (c) wait
38. 38.Listen to “chair”. What sound does the “ch” make? (a) “ch”, as in “chin” (b) “k”, as in “kite” (c) “sh”, as in “shop”
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen to “epitome”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) ep-i-TOME (b) i-PIT-uh-mee (c) EP-i-tohm

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation