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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. steal
  3. waste
  4. past
  5. bear
  6. brake
  7. flew
  8. peace
  9. won
  10. son
  11. aloud
  12. mist
  13. bury
  14. sail
  15. hear
  16. rode
  17. meat
  18. flour
  19. blue
  20. piece
  21. heal
  22. sale
  23. made
  24. knight
  25. pair
  26. flu
  27. weak
  28. night
  29. dear
  30. buy
  31. groan
  32. eight
  33. wait
  34. road
  35. knot
  36. whole
  37. passed
  38. hole
  39. heel
  40. meat

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