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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 330 · 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) waste (b) plain (c) bury
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) plain (b) their (c) steel
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) write
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) past (b) eight (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) here (b) ate (c) night
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) steel (b) see (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) write (b) week (c) there
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) waist (c) see
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sun (b) by (c) made
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) weight (b) not (c) deer
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) here (b) mail (c) allowed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) wait
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) male (b) see (c) pair
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) hear (b) dear (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) missed (b) knot (c) sun
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) berry (b) weight (c) plain
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) new (b) dear (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) flower (b) heel (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) blue (b) maid (c) here
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) know (b) sun (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) peace (b) allowed (c) made
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tale (b) meet (c) rode
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) mist (b) pear (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) won (b) know (c) allowed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bury (b) there (c) passed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) tail (b) sell (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) bury (b) sail (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) see (b) won (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pair (b) piece (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) rose (b) flew (c) grown
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sail (b) here (c) write
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) toe (b) blue (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) new (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) one (b) tale (c) allowed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) made (b) waste (c) wait
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) tale (c) meet
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) knight (b) won (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) wait (b) plane (c) no
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) dear (b) eight (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) sail (c) past

Answer key

  1. waste
  2. their
  3. write
  4. knew
  5. night
  6. plain
  7. week
  8. new
  9. made
  10. not
  11. mail
  12. sail
  13. see
  14. missed
  15. sun
  16. weight
  17. blue
  18. weak
  19. here
  20. sun
  21. made
  22. rode
  23. knight
  24. know
  25. there
  26. sell
  27. flew
  28. won
  29. piece
  30. grown
  31. here
  32. passed
  33. deer
  34. allowed
  35. wait
  36. write
  37. tale
  38. plane
  39. piece
  40. rode

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