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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 158 · 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 “wait”? (a) not (b) weight (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) write (b) sell (c) sea
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) heal (b) buy (c) bare
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) new (b) whole (c) cell
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) week
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) missed (b) wait (c) ate
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) piece (c) tow
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) week (b) steel (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) there (b) missed (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) sell (b) mist (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) bare (c) pear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) son (c) plane
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) made (b) see (c) pear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) plane (b) tale (c) son
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) meat (b) here (c) flew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) heel (c) know
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bare (b) flu (c) tale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) meat
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) dear (b) heel (c) eight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) know
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) peace (b) sail (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) pear (c) one
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) right (c) missed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) deer (b) there (c) wait
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) week
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) blue (c) waist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) their (c) pear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) pair (b) brake (c) sail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) tail (b) new (c) cell
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) sell (c) peace
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) sail (b) by (c) waste
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) see (b) meet (c) by
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flew (c) missed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) groan (b) bare (c) rows
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) aloud (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) right (b) weight (c) week
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) here (b) son (c) sail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) new (b) night (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) rows (b) berry (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) won (c) weak

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. sell
  3. buy
  4. cell
  5. hole
  6. ate
  7. knight
  8. hear
  9. missed
  10. mist
  11. peace
  12. blew
  13. pear
  14. tale
  15. here
  16. male
  17. tale
  18. meat
  19. eight
  20. steal
  21. sail
  22. sea
  23. one
  24. there
  25. flew
  26. weak
  27. missed
  28. brake
  29. cell
  30. flour
  31. waste
  32. meet
  33. knight
  34. rows
  35. passed
  36. week
  37. sail
  38. by
  39. flour
  40. no

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