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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 196 · 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) pair (b) passed (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) sea
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) male (c) flew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) meet (b) tail (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) meet
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) mist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) groan (c) bare
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flower (b) night (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) sea (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) no (b) night (c) allowed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) meet (c) plain
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) made (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) sea (b) their (c) passed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) hear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) wait (c) son
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) eight (b) bare (c) male
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) steal (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blue (b) piece (c) right
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) grown (b) rode (c) know
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tail (b) meet (c) pair
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) waste (b) meet (c) toe
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) their
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sail (b) mist (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) their (b) steel (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) hear (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) bury (c) weight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) no (b) write (c) wait
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) not (b) heal (c) cell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) plain (b) here (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) weak (b) weight (c) blew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) meat (b) plane (c) past
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) their (b) piece (c) flu
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) weight (c) sun
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) past (b) knot (c) groan
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) blew (b) break (c) know
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) won (b) meet (c) blue
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) one (b) their (c) heal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) sell

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. mail
  3. weight
  4. sea
  5. wait
  6. bear
  7. sale
  8. hear
  9. tale
  10. allowed
  11. bare
  12. flower
  13. passed
  14. male
  15. by
  16. male
  17. heel
  18. piece
  19. know
  20. pair
  21. rows
  22. meet
  23. their
  24. past
  25. passed
  26. missed
  27. sail
  28. see
  29. write
  30. cell
  31. here
  32. blew
  33. plane
  34. flu
  35. won
  36. knot
  37. break
  38. blue
  39. heal
  40. eight

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