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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. waste
  2. flu
  3. sun
  4. made
  5. tow
  6. ate
  7. cell
  8. blew
  9. weak
  10. tale
  11. right
  12. knew
  13. one
  14. there
  15. their
  16. sun
  17. dear
  18. rode
  19. road
  20. grown
  21. pair
  22. by
  23. sail
  24. steel
  25. see
  26. passed
  27. plane
  28. passed
  29. buy
  30. eight
  31. there
  32. heal
  33. write
  34. berry
  35. know
  36. sea
  37. knot
  38. meet
  39. bear
  40. rose

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