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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 250 · 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 “one”? (a) won (b) sea (c) sale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) pair (b) week (c) missed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) by (c) one
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) flew (b) right (c) heal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) flu (b) peace (c) new
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) dear (b) knight (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) made (c) sell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) waste (b) brake (c) steal
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) rows (b) night (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) tail (c) waste
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) eight (b) waist (c) rows
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) sea
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) son (c) night
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) blew (b) break (c) pear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) weight (b) missed (c) here
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) won (b) male (c) flower
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) won (b) male (c) flour
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) night (b) blew (c) plane
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) flower (b) pear (c) weak
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) pear (c) berry
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) tail (b) know (c) heel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) knight (b) no (c) mail
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) made (b) wait (c) tow
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) steel (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) dear (b) meat (c) bury
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) steel (c) flower
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) heal (b) no (c) peace
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) week (b) steal (c) maid
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rows (b) son (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) not (b) their (c) pair
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) meet (b) hole (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) mail (c) allowed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) tow (b) hear (c) rose
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) peace (b) sale (c) flu
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meat (b) cell (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knot (b) sun (c) knew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bare (b) mist (c) male
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sale (b) bare (c) wait
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) no (b) passed (c) dear

Answer key

  1. won
  2. missed
  3. new
  4. right
  5. peace
  6. knight
  7. past
  8. brake
  9. night
  10. road
  11. rows
  12. whole
  13. bury
  14. break
  15. groan
  16. here
  17. male
  18. male
  19. blew
  20. weak
  21. sun
  22. heel
  23. mail
  24. tow
  25. week
  26. meat
  27. week
  28. no
  29. maid
  30. son
  31. pair
  32. there
  33. tale
  34. rose
  35. flu
  36. won
  37. knew
  38. mist
  39. wait
  40. passed

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