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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 101 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) hear (b) week (c) eight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) whole (b) here (c) blew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) hear (b) deer (c) knight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) bear (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) by
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) deer
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) rose (c) groan
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) weight (b) night (c) tale
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) brake (b) piece (c) mist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) flu (b) new (c) buy
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) tale (b) right (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) not (c) maid
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) grown (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) past (b) won (c) tail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sail (b) pair (c) bury
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) flew (b) made (c) past
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rose (b) heal (c) write
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knot (b) knew (c) cell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) toe (b) pear (c) deer
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) knew (b) missed (c) see
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) flower (b) road (c) sail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) see (b) flour (c) night
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) know (c) break
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) maid (b) flour (c) weak
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) made (b) one (c) know
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) rows (c) meat
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) hole (b) flew (c) buy
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) bury (c) hole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) there (c) tail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) break (b) right (c) ate
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) hear (b) sale (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) son (b) weight (c) bury
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) heel (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) weak (c) heel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) sun (b) allowed (c) break
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) blue (b) wait (c) plane
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blew (b) piece (c) knight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) one (b) groan (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) aloud (b) cell (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sell (b) bare (c) one

Answer key

  1. week
  2. here
  3. knight
  4. blue
  5. hole
  6. deer
  7. piece
  8. night
  9. mist
  10. buy
  11. right
  12. buy
  13. waste
  14. won
  15. pair
  16. past
  17. write
  18. knew
  19. pear
  20. missed
  21. road
  22. flour
  23. grown
  24. weak
  25. know
  26. no
  27. flew
  28. mail
  29. bear
  30. ate
  31. allowed
  32. bury
  33. their
  34. tale
  35. break
  36. plane
  37. piece
  38. see
  39. cell
  40. one

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