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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 100 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Same sound, different spelling): Say the word aloud — if two spellings sound the same, they are homophones. A silent letter often hides a homophone: knight = night, whole = hole, knew = new. Choose the spelling from the meaning.

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  1. 1.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) rode (b) sail (c) won
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) wait (b) knew (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) weight (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) steel (b) tow (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) plain (c) deer
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) bury (b) ate (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) sun (b) bury (c) whole
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) meet (b) pear (c) tale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) knight (b) plain (c) one
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) waist (c) sale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) here (c) blue
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) mist (b) piece (c) know
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) road (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rode (b) sell (c) flu
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flour (b) ate (c) steel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) know (c) write
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) grown (b) knight (c) tail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) their (c) no
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) maid (b) meat (c) heel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) won (b) sea (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) see (c) heal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) toe (b) here (c) waste
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) plain (b) whole (c) wait
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) hear (b) road (c) wait
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) pear (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) their (b) week (c) plane
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) pear (b) deer (c) sail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) made (b) plane (c) waist
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) deer (b) road (c) peace
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) no (b) missed (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) by (b) bear (c) plane
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) brake (c) mail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) won (c) heel
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) hear (c) flower
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) hole (c) right
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) break (b) male (c) their
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) won (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) one (c) male
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) tale (b) there (c) waist

Answer key

  1. sail
  2. son
  3. waist
  4. tow
  5. past
  6. buy
  7. bury
  8. pear
  9. plain
  10. rose
  11. allowed
  12. piece
  13. sell
  14. flu
  15. ate
  16. aloud
  17. tail
  18. tale
  19. heel
  20. deer
  21. sell
  22. here
  23. wait
  24. flour
  25. road
  26. buy
  27. plane
  28. sail
  29. plane
  30. peace
  31. missed
  32. bear
  33. groan
  34. meat
  35. male
  36. bury
  37. their
  38. weak
  39. meat
  40. there

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