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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 150 · 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 “know”? (a) new (b) plain (c) no
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) meet (b) weight (c) by
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) heal (c) berry
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) week (b) allowed (c) son
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) aloud (b) grown (c) passed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) new (b) tale (c) cell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) ate (c) meat
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) steal (b) heel (c) weight
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) one (b) past (c) road
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) weight (b) whole (c) grown
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) knot (b) weight (c) by
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) their (b) allowed (c) new
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) aloud (b) brake (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) their (b) meet (c) wait
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) knew (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) ate (b) buy (c) know
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) there (c) bare
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) here (c) sail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) aloud (c) new
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sell (b) son (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) toe (b) weak (c) allowed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) break (c) past
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bare (b) whole (c) meat
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) ate (b) here (c) tail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) meat (c) passed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) weight (b) rose (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) sail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) meet (b) break (c) know
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meat (b) tail (c) their
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) new (b) bear (c) groan
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) week (b) berry (c) flew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) cell (b) weak (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) ate (b) by (c) passed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) waist (b) road (c) meet
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) right (b) berry (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) mail (b) by (c) allowed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) meat
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) weight (c) break
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) flour (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) aloud (c) mist

Answer key

  1. no
  2. weight
  3. bear
  4. son
  5. grown
  6. tale
  7. sun
  8. heel
  9. past
  10. whole
  11. weight
  12. new
  13. brake
  14. meet
  15. hole
  16. buy
  17. cell
  18. right
  19. rows
  20. blue
  21. allowed
  22. sell
  23. meat
  24. here
  25. pear
  26. rose
  27. sea
  28. break
  29. their
  30. groan
  31. flew
  32. waist
  33. by
  34. road
  35. son
  36. allowed
  37. meat
  38. peace
  39. berry
  40. plain

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