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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 322 · 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 “new”? (a) wait (b) knew (c) sale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) made (b) eight (c) steal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) knew (b) sail (c) bare
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) son (b) road (c) flew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) deer (b) male (c) knot
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) piece (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) whole (b) by (c) know
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) wait (b) here (c) see
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) week (b) their (c) know
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) maid (b) peace (c) eight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) tail (c) male
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) write (c) weak
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) rows (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) made
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) see (b) bear (c) won
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flower (b) flu (c) dear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) pear (b) tow (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) break (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) road (b) week (c) rose
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) blue (c) brake
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) road (b) plane (c) flower
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) write (b) break (c) new
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) past (b) weight (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) wait (b) berry (c) missed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) male (c) toe
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) maid (c) deer
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) night (b) rose (c) pear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sail (b) flower (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) no
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tail (b) flu (c) weak
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) there (b) heal (c) see
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) grown (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) tail (b) son (c) pear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) hear (b) male (c) wait
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) road (b) cell (c) flew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) road (b) hear (c) tale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) sea (b) knight (c) bear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) by (c) rows
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) blue (b) write (c) made

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. meet
  3. eight
  4. sail
  5. road
  6. male
  7. bury
  8. by
  9. see
  10. know
  11. peace
  12. passed
  13. groan
  14. piece
  15. deer
  16. won
  17. flu
  18. tow
  19. waste
  20. week
  21. past
  22. plane
  23. new
  24. weight
  25. missed
  26. flower
  27. write
  28. rose
  29. night
  30. no
  31. weak
  32. heal
  33. won
  34. pear
  35. wait
  36. flew
  37. tale
  38. bear
  39. bear
  40. made

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