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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 247 · 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 “hear”? (a) weak (b) right (c) here
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) by (b) week (c) passed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) sale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) brake (b) berry (c) meet
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sale (b) won (c) sun
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) night (b) hole (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) hear (b) waist (c) past
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) bury (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) one (b) heal (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) no (b) night (c) allowed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) past (c) sail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) flour (b) heal (c) tow
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) son (b) sea (c) rows
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) peace (b) groan (c) flour
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) peace (c) rose
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) week (b) mist (c) maid
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) sale (b) son (c) break
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) pair (b) break (c) steal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) night (b) tail (c) their
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) bury (b) not (c) write
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) hear (b) past (c) tail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) tow (b) knot (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) plane (c) rode
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knew (b) meat (c) ate
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) dear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) toe (b) flu (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) aloud (b) write (c) eight
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) dear (b) won (c) rose
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) blew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) one (b) bare (c) allowed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) toe (b) knew (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) bury (b) cell (c) there
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) pear (b) meat (c) made
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) peace (c) hear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) wait (b) maid (c) bury
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) ate (b) plain (c) peace
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) one (c) hear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) meet (b) flew (c) by
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) buy (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) not (b) sell (c) waist

Answer key

  1. here
  2. week
  3. plane
  4. meet
  5. sun
  6. hole
  7. waist
  8. bare
  9. piece
  10. allowed
  11. male
  12. tow
  13. rows
  14. groan
  15. here
  16. mist
  17. son
  18. steal
  19. their
  20. write
  21. tail
  22. knot
  23. tail
  24. ate
  25. dear
  26. flower
  27. eight
  28. won
  29. blew
  30. allowed
  31. past
  32. cell
  33. meat
  34. tale
  35. bury
  36. peace
  37. pear
  38. flew
  39. grown
  40. waist

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