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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 335 · 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 “weak”? (a) by (b) week (c) meat
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tow (b) plain (c) weak
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) by (c) tow
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) weak (c) rows
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) tale (c) break
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) sea (b) mist (c) sail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) groan (b) tow (c) passed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) buy (b) won (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) break (b) flower (c) flu
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) right (c) blew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) road (b) bear (c) rows
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) blue (c) knot
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) made (b) meet (c) week
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) dear (c) eight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) mail (b) hole (c) knight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) sea (b) heal (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) plane (b) allowed (c) there
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flew (b) knight (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) hear (b) blue (c) road
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sun (b) night (c) steal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) knight (b) plane (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) dear (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knot (b) one (c) flower
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) groan (b) flu (c) meet
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) blew (b) meat (c) wait
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) no (b) grown (c) sea
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) dear (b) pair (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) know (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) toe (b) new (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) berry
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flour (b) grown (c) knot
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) plain (b) piece (c) night
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) passed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) ate (b) pair (c) rode
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) eight (b) their (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) waist (b) by (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) bare (b) weight (c) peace
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) weak (c) their
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) allowed (b) no (c) tale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) bury (b) eight (c) right

Answer key

  1. week
  2. weak
  3. sea
  4. tail
  5. past
  6. mist
  7. passed
  8. won
  9. flu
  10. hear
  11. bear
  12. past
  13. week
  14. blue
  15. hole
  16. heal
  17. there
  18. knight
  19. road
  20. night
  21. plane
  22. knew
  23. one
  24. meet
  25. meat
  26. grown
  27. brake
  28. son
  29. pair
  30. sail
  31. knot
  32. piece
  33. cell
  34. pair
  35. their
  36. dear
  37. weight
  38. sun
  39. tale
  40. eight

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