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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 320 · 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) know (b) flew (c) won
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) blew (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) aloud (c) steal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) tale (b) weight (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) knot (b) bare (c) tail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) mist (b) brake (c) bury
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) waist (b) piece (c) bury
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) rode (b) weak (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) bare
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) eight (c) bury
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) waist (b) buy (c) made
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) mail (b) flour (c) plane
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) meat (b) aloud (c) see
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) there (b) knight (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) cell (b) tail (c) flour
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) tow (c) piece
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) plane (b) toe (c) knot
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) maid (c) blue
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) meet (b) here (c) made
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) sun (b) tail (c) weight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) steal (b) sun (c) hear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) maid (b) cell (c) week
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) know (b) eight (c) made
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flu (b) tail (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) waste (c) allowed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) cell (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) bare (b) male (c) sell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) there (b) son (c) brake
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sale (c) flew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) piece (c) bare
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) made (b) sail (c) groan
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) write (c) meet
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) write
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) not (b) new (c) made
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) flour (b) piece (c) steal
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) made (c) knew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flour (b) buy (c) ate
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) by (b) piece (c) deer

Answer key

  1. won
  2. waste
  3. not
  4. aloud
  5. bare
  6. bury
  7. bury
  8. weak
  9. see
  10. bare
  11. groan
  12. buy
  13. plane
  14. see
  15. eight
  16. tail
  17. plane
  18. knot
  19. road
  20. made
  21. weight
  22. sun
  23. cell
  24. eight
  25. write
  26. night
  27. road
  28. male
  29. son
  30. tale
  31. sun
  32. groan
  33. male
  34. ate
  35. made
  36. steal
  37. meat
  38. rose
  39. ate
  40. piece

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