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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 154 · 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 “meet”? (a) tail (b) tow (c) meat
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) piece
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) male (c) one
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) eight (b) bear (c) won
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) groan (b) maid (c) not
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) male (b) knew (c) hole
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) grown (b) peace (c) aloud
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) blew (b) berry (c) weak
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) no (c) road
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) here
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) flu (c) their
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) son (c) one
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) rose
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) bare (b) knot (c) one
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) steal (b) pear (c) whole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) write (c) hear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) allowed (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sail (b) male (c) passed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) toe (b) steal (c) by
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) sale (c) aloud
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) here (b) rows (c) rode
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) sell (b) waste (c) made
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) steel
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) dear (b) plain (c) peace
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) hear (b) night (c) bear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) toe (b) brake (c) tale
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) night
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) buy (b) heal (c) steal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) bury (b) here (c) toe
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) eight (b) grown (c) mail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) sun
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) right (b) male (c) weight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) male (b) knight (c) deer
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tale (b) meet (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) son (b) berry (c) one
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) past (b) weight (c) deer
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) new (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) cell (b) plane (c) maid
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) rode (c) buy

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. blew
  3. their
  4. won
  5. maid
  6. hole
  7. aloud
  8. berry
  9. week
  10. bury
  11. weight
  12. waist
  13. knight
  14. pair
  15. one
  16. whole
  17. know
  18. waist
  19. passed
  20. by
  21. knot
  22. rode
  23. waste
  24. sail
  25. peace
  26. night
  27. tale
  28. weak
  29. steal
  30. here
  31. mail
  32. sun
  33. male
  34. deer
  35. meet
  36. berry
  37. weight
  38. new
  39. maid
  40. cell

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