Practice pronunciation one step at a time
Listen to real pronunciation audio and work through American vs British accents, IPA, word stress, minimal pairs, and silent letters on a guided path, from first sounds to expert level. Every question is built around actually hearing the word, not just reading it.
8 quiz types · 40 levels · 400+ practice questions · Free, no sign-up required
Your pronunciation path
Short 8-question lessons with no timer, each a little harder than the last. Finish a section to unlock its timed challenge.
Practice by topic
Want to drill one skill? Each topic quiz has all five levels with the classic 30-second timer.
Spelling Traps Quiz
Words like colonel, yacht, and queue that spell nothing like they sound. See the word, guess before you listen, then find out how wrong you were.
- Nail the words that trip everyone up
- See the history behind English's messiest spellings
- Stop guessing and start recognizing the patterns
Heteronyms Quiz
A tear or a tear, a bow or a bow. Work out which pronunciation fits the meaning, then hear the exact sound for each word.
- Choose the right sound from the meaning
- Hear each pronunciation on its own
- Spot the patterns behind words like lead, close and blessed
Stress Shift Quiz
Words like record, present, and object change meaning entirely when the stress moves. Learn to hear, and say, the difference between the noun and the verb.
- Tell noun and verb apart by their stress
- Know which words shift and which never do
- Stop mixing up words like record, present, and object
American vs British Quiz
A mixed set of listening, vocabulary, spelling, and IPA questions on how American and British English differ, from the r sound to words like clerk and lieutenant.
- Instantly tell AmE and BrE apart by ear
- Learn the key sound differences, from the r to the vowels
- Spot AmE/BrE spelling and vocabulary differences
Minimal Pairs Quiz
Hear a word from a confusable pair like ship/sheep or advice/advise, then pick the exact word you heard.
- Sharper listening discrimination
- Fewer sound-alike mix-ups
- Clearer consonant and vowel contrasts
Silent Letters Quiz
Hear tricky words like island, muscle, or receipt, then spot the letters that are written but never spoken.
- Fewer silent-letter mistakes
- Better spelling-to-sound mapping
- Recognize common silent-letter patterns
IPA Quiz
Learn to read IPA one step at a time, from symbols like /θ/ and /j/ to full transcriptions with stress marks.
- IPA recognition
- Better transcription reading
- Improved listening
Word Stress Quiz
Learn where English puts the stress, from two-syllable words to long word families like PHO-to-graph and pho-TOG-ra-pher.
- Stress placement
- Improved rhythm
- Better word recognition
Short quizzes to improve spoken accuracy
These quick and focused quizzes train listening discrimination and pronunciation accuracy under mild time pressure. Use them as five- to ten-minute practice sessions to reinforce the IPA and word-stress concepts introduced in the blog guides.
Each quiz pairs well with our pronunciation tool, you can look up any word you encounter here on QuickPronounce to hear native audio, compare accents, and review IPA before attempting the quiz.
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Who are these quizzes for? For learners who want short, repeatable practice to improve recognition and recall while taking on small challenges to keep learning engaging.
How long does one quiz take? Lessons on the guided path have 8 untimed questions and take 2 to 4 minutes. Topic quizzes and section challenges have 10 questions with a 30-second limit each, around 3 to 5 minutes.
Do I need to sign up? No. Everything on QuickPronounce, including quizzes and pronunciation practice features, is available without an account.
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