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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 180 · 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 “tow”? (a) heal (b) deer (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) not (b) hole (c) heal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) their (b) wait (c) aloud
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) meet (b) hole (c) sell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) no (b) plain (c) break
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) waist (b) right (c) hear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) night (b) flour (c) pair
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) buy (c) sail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) won
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) peace (c) knew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) their (b) wait (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) wait (b) week (c) knew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) see (b) knew (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) maid (b) new (c) week
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) steal (b) plane (c) knight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) ate (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) eight (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) week (b) pair (c) know
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) heal (b) right (c) blue
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) made (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) one (b) mist (c) berry
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) past (b) steal (c) sea
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) waste (c) sail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) knot (b) tale (c) piece
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) past (b) sale (c) deer
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) write (b) rose (c) new
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) plain (b) their (c) aloud
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) meat (b) there (c) steel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) sell (b) sale (c) tow
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) one (b) knew (c) son
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) son (b) tow (c) sea
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) pair (b) dear (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) bury (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) sail (c) here
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) steal (b) ate (c) by
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bury (b) not (c) deer
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) buy (c) rows
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) plane (b) buy (c) meat
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rose (b) waist (c) blue

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. hole
  3. wait
  4. sell
  5. break
  6. right
  7. pair
  8. piece
  9. knight
  10. knot
  11. weak
  12. wait
  13. knew
  14. groan
  15. new
  16. plane
  17. steel
  18. won
  19. know
  20. right
  21. passed
  22. mist
  23. steal
  24. past
  25. tale
  26. sale
  27. rose
  28. aloud
  29. steel
  30. tow
  31. knew
  32. sea
  33. dear
  34. knight
  35. buy
  36. by
  37. deer
  38. no
  39. buy
  40. waist

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