Spelling and Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 16: Practice: spelling and sound · Set 99 · 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 sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) blue (b) meet (c) flew
2. 2.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) break (b) steak (c) peach (d) great
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
5. 5.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “bread”? (a) great (b) meat (c) ready
6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) made (c) week
7. 7.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) there (b) blew (c) tow
9. 9.Which letter is silent in “walk”? (a) l (b) w (c) k
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) today (c) drama
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) aloud (c) missed
12. 12.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) one (b) brake (c) son
14. 14.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sweater”? (a) feather (b) team (c) eat
15. 15.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) bread (b) beach (c) break
16. 16.How do you say “circuit”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) SUR-kyoot (b) sur-KWIT (c) SUR-kit
17. 17.Listen to “aisle”. Which shows how it is said? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) AYZ-ul (b) sounds like “I’ll” (c) EYE-sul
18. 18.Listen: which letter is silent in “write”? (a) t (b) r (c) w
19. 19.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dead (b) steak (c) breakfast (d) head
20. 20.Listen: which letter is silent in “castle”? (a) s (b) t (c) c
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) pencil (c) yesterday
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.Which letter is silent in “knit”? (a) t (b) k (c) n
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
25. 25.Which letter’s NAME sounds like the word “queue”? (a) v (b) j (c) q
26. 26.How do you say “photographer”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) fuh-TOG-ruh-fer (b) foh-toh-GRAF-er (c) FOH-toh-gra-fer
27. 27.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “SMS”: “a” or “an”? (a) a (b) an
28. 28.How do you say “comfortable”? (CAPITALS = stressed) (a) kom-for-TAH-bul (b) kom-FOR-tay-bul (c) KUMF-tuh-bul
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) does “photographer” have? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has a silent “k”? (a) gnome (b) tomb (c) kneel
31. 31.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “DJ”: “a” or “an”? (a) an (b) a
32. 32.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) team (b) bread (c) break
33. 33.Say the letters by name. Which goes before “TV”: “a” or “an”? (a) an (b) a
34. 34.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) dough (b) through (c) enough
35. 35.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) flood (b) cook (c) foot
36. 36.Which letter is silent in “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) f
37. 37.Which word has a silent “t”? (a) castle (b) comb (c) salmon
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) piece (b) bare (c) knot
39. 39.Listen: which letter is silent in “doubt”? (a) d (b) b (c) t
40. 40.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) rough (b) fought (c) though

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