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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 149 · 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 “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) new (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) pear (c) dear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) sail (b) see (c) passed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) knew (c) write
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) blue (c) whole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) steel (c) peace
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) made
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) ate (b) rows (c) pear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) plain (b) flower (c) weak
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) grown
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) weak (b) tow (c) wait
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) not (c) waste
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) male (b) sale (c) plane
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) groan (b) road (c) waist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) meat (c) see
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) sun (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) passed (b) heal (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) wait (b) heal (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) cell (b) not (c) aloud
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) weight (c) night
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sea (b) flower (c) past
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) plain
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) plane
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knot (b) won (c) steel
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) flour (b) tale (c) sail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) hear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) blue (b) sail (c) by
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) meat (b) rows (c) tail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) right (c) buy
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) tow (c) mail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) right (b) ate (c) knight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) knot
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) tale (c) tow
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) past (b) write (c) sea
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) bare (b) weak (c) eight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) blue (c) bare
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) new (b) steal (c) meet
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) waste (b) rode (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) write (b) buy (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) rode (b) steal (c) new

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. waist
  3. passed
  4. male
  5. ate
  6. male
  7. sea
  8. pear
  9. weak
  10. grown
  11. wait
  12. tail
  13. plane
  14. road
  15. sale
  16. here
  17. heal
  18. heal
  19. aloud
  20. knew
  21. past
  22. weight
  23. meat
  24. steel
  25. tale
  26. rose
  27. by
  28. rows
  29. sell
  30. waste
  31. knight
  32. bare
  33. allowed
  34. write
  35. eight
  36. one
  37. steal
  38. rode
  39. buy
  40. steal

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