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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 333 · 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 “passed”? (a) past (b) made (c) plane
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) here (c) week
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) tow (c) mail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) passed (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) male (b) passed (c) blue
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) cell (b) no (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) male (b) won (c) flour
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) here (b) sun (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) male (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) meat (b) eight (c) pair
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) son (c) ate
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) no (b) here (c) plain
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) son
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) hear (b) see (c) sell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) plain (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) plain (c) passed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) grown (b) sell (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) past (b) sell (c) flew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) no (c) sail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) right (c) bear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) rode (b) past (c) ate
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) see (b) whole (c) flour
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) male (b) knight (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) past (b) heel (c) bear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) toe (b) knot (c) their
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) there (b) know (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) flour (c) rows
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) wait (c) son
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) cell (c) bear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) blew (b) steel (c) weak
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) knot (c) weak
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) meet (c) made
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) by (c) break
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) piece
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rows (b) knight (c) knew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) hole (c) ate
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) meat (c) no
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) hole (c) sun
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) not (b) here (c) mist

Answer key

  1. past
  2. new
  3. sale
  4. know
  5. passed
  6. blue
  7. won
  8. blue
  9. berry
  10. waist
  11. eight
  12. peace
  13. here
  14. son
  15. see
  16. maid
  17. bare
  18. ate
  19. sell
  20. piece
  21. no
  22. ate
  23. whole
  24. flew
  25. heel
  26. their
  27. hear
  28. grown
  29. brake
  30. not
  31. steel
  32. road
  33. heal
  34. allowed
  35. piece
  36. knew
  37. sea
  38. bear
  39. rode
  40. here

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