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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 192 · 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 “mail”? (a) right (b) male (c) pair
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) here (b) cell (c) whole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) weak (b) meet (c) rows
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) past (b) flew (c) rode
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) by (c) flew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) toe (b) ate (c) dear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) son (b) mist (c) weak
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) maid (c) break
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) blue (c) brake
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) pair (b) maid (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) allowed (b) knight (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) flour (c) night
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) meat (b) pear (c) passed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) blue (c) groan
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) aloud (b) waste (c) male
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) by (b) new (c) night
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) pear (b) deer (c) brake
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) plane (b) ate (c) meat
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sail (b) meet (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) meet (b) plain (c) sun
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) sun
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) pear (b) night (c) mist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) eight (b) whole (c) missed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) made (b) knot (c) their
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) peace (b) hole (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) plain (c) week
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) toe (b) buy (c) knight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) deer (b) made (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) ate (b) knot (c) road
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) knight (c) sell
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) rose (b) pear (c) waist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rose (b) sail (c) male
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) past
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tow (b) see (c) steal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) new (b) tail (c) knot
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) blue (c) weak
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) their (c) cell

Answer key

  1. male
  2. whole
  3. rows
  4. flew
  5. ate
  6. ate
  7. weak
  8. flower
  9. know
  10. missed
  11. week
  12. knight
  13. here
  14. weak
  15. pear
  16. not
  17. waste
  18. night
  19. deer
  20. meat
  21. meet
  22. plain
  23. sun
  24. night
  25. past
  26. whole
  27. their
  28. hole
  29. sell
  30. buy
  31. bury
  32. road
  33. mist
  34. pear
  35. male
  36. cell
  37. steal
  38. tail
  39. passed
  40. one

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