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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 168 · 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 “passed”? (a) won (b) flu (c) past
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) not (b) meat (c) right
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) weight (b) heal (c) write
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) heal (c) bare
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) sell (c) peace
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) tale (c) right
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) waste (b) week (c) pear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) there (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) brake (b) sea (c) male
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) there (b) hole (c) rows
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) whole (b) mist (c) bare
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) by (b) no (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) eight (b) flew (c) heal
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) road (b) not (c) see
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) blue
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) eight (b) one (c) know
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) eight (b) night (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) eight (c) piece
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) passed (b) write (c) meat
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) steal (b) son (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) mist (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) right (c) heel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) ate (b) cell (c) blew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) new (b) not (c) made
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) meat (b) hear (c) sun
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) cell (b) wait (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) their (b) week (c) flu
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) ate (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) maid (c) toe
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flower (b) right (c) waist
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) break
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) whole (b) pear (c) flower
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) groan (b) sale (c) flower
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) their
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) heal (b) blew (c) see
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) mail (b) tow (c) blue
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) grown (c) one
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) dear (b) one (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) one (b) whole (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) one (b) their (c) weak

Answer key

  1. past
  2. right
  3. write
  4. piece
  5. buy
  6. male
  7. pear
  8. rows
  9. sea
  10. rows
  11. mist
  12. no
  13. flew
  14. not
  15. brake
  16. one
  17. night
  18. steel
  19. meat
  20. knight
  21. see
  22. brake
  23. blew
  24. made
  25. sun
  26. wait
  27. flu
  28. their
  29. knot
  30. waist
  31. one
  32. flower
  33. sale
  34. meat
  35. blew
  36. tow
  37. rose
  38. son
  39. here
  40. weak

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