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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. know
  3. ate
  4. rows
  5. by
  6. made
  7. son
  8. write
  9. weight
  10. won
  11. blue
  12. brake
  13. hear
  14. rows
  15. knew
  16. deer
  17. flower
  18. eight
  19. cell
  20. knot
  21. road
  22. bare
  23. whole
  24. eight
  25. their
  26. bury
  27. dear
  28. hear
  29. maid
  30. sale
  31. week
  32. write
  33. plane
  34. sun
  35. flu
  36. weak
  37. road
  38. male
  39. piece
  40. sail

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