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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 259 · 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 “week”? (a) weak (b) past (c) ate
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) by (b) flower (c) their
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) tow
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) missed (b) rode (c) not
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) see (b) steel (c) groan
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) right (b) mail (c) missed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) one (b) whole (c) new
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) see (b) waste (c) write
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) knot (b) right (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) cell (b) deer (c) weak
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) plain (c) flew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) deer (b) there (c) meat
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) blue
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knew (b) mist (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) peace (c) week
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) write (b) flu (c) steal
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) break (b) weight (c) eight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) deer (b) past (c) plane
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flu (b) knight (c) meet
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) maid
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) past (b) by (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) heal (b) sail (c) plain
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) eight (c) flew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) waste (b) aloud (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) cell (b) night (c) waste
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) won (b) knot (c) past
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) son (c) mail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) sale (b) made (c) right
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) no (b) whole (c) week
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) mist (c) know
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) eight (b) waist (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) by (c) meet
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) buy (b) their (c) blew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) week (b) flower (c) road
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) whole (b) their (c) no
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) right
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) meat (c) week
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) steel (c) flew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) rode (b) sea (c) there

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. their
  3. sell
  4. rode
  5. steel
  6. mail
  7. whole
  8. waste
  9. hear
  10. deer
  11. aloud
  12. meat
  13. toe
  14. sun
  15. by
  16. flu
  17. eight
  18. past
  19. knight
  20. maid
  21. know
  22. plain
  23. knew
  24. meat
  25. waste
  26. knot
  27. passed
  28. ate
  29. made
  30. week
  31. night
  32. there
  33. sale
  34. blew
  35. road
  36. no
  37. pear
  38. bare
  39. week
  40. there

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