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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 344 · 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 “week”? (a) wait (b) maid (c) weak
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) road (b) week (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) one (b) no (c) sun
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) whole (b) flew (c) sale
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) knight (b) flour (c) weight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) tail (c) pair
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) weight (c) hear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) no (b) blue (c) tale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) groan (b) male (c) see
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) tow (c) brake
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) maid (b) road (c) bear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) knot (c) waste
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) heal
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) rows (b) meat (c) tail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) meet (b) by (c) plane
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) mist (b) new (c) made
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) rows (b) deer (c) plane
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) past (b) pair (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) blew (b) peace (c) week
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) won (c) made
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) write (b) heel (c) no
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) maid (b) weight (c) cell
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) mist (b) right (c) aloud
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) cell
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) son
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) allowed (b) bare (c) their
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) missed (b) there (c) sea
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) write (b) past (c) mail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tow (b) write (c) made
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) waist (b) maid (c) heel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) knight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) sail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) weak
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) son (b) ate (c) bare
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sail (b) groan (c) week
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) dear (c) week
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sun (b) piece (c) their
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) new (b) knot (c) male
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) one (b) bury (c) eight

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. grown
  3. sun
  4. flew
  5. weight
  6. knot
  7. not
  8. tale
  9. see
  10. past
  11. road
  12. steal
  13. aloud
  14. meat
  15. plane
  16. new
  17. deer
  18. flower
  19. peace
  20. blue
  21. no
  22. cell
  23. right
  24. allowed
  25. blue
  26. son
  27. their
  28. sea
  29. mail
  30. write
  31. maid
  32. ate
  33. sail
  34. weak
  35. bare
  36. week
  37. there
  38. their
  39. male
  40. eight

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