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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 123 · 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 “one”? (a) knight (b) rows (c) won
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) ate (b) steel (c) knew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) by (b) weight (c) bare
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) sea (c) knight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) groan (b) passed (c) whole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) piece (b) rose (c) bare
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) past (b) steal (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) right (b) sun (c) break
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) bury (b) wait (c) their
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) berry (c) male
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) flu (c) hear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) mist (b) plain (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) sea (b) missed (c) bear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) son (b) knot (c) toe
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) allowed (c) dear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) week (b) right (c) break
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) hear (c) blue
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) steal (b) one (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flower (b) by (c) male
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) blew (b) no (c) not
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) mist (c) mail
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) tow (b) sun (c) mist
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) not (c) groan
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) eight (b) hole (c) tale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) weak
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) one (b) mist (c) blew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bear (b) plain (c) son
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) flu (b) maid (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) ate (c) flew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) won (b) berry (c) pair
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) rose (b) male (c) pear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) brake (b) see (c) wait
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) bare (c) their
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flew (b) hear (c) cell
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) meet (c) bear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) by
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) cell (b) sail (c) maid
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sail (b) one (c) flew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) weak

Answer key

  1. won
  2. steel
  3. weight
  4. buy
  5. whole
  6. rose
  7. wait
  8. sun
  9. allowed
  10. their
  11. waist
  12. pear
  13. there
  14. bear
  15. knot
  16. by
  17. break
  18. night
  19. knot
  20. male
  21. no
  22. bury
  23. sun
  24. peace
  25. hole
  26. waste
  27. mist
  28. son
  29. one
  30. meat
  31. berry
  32. pear
  33. see
  34. sale
  35. hear
  36. right
  37. ate
  38. maid
  39. flew
  40. sea

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