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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 359 · 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 “weak”? (a) rode (b) week (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) past (b) tale (c) weak
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) rows (b) weak (c) meet
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) break (b) hear (c) mist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) weak (b) knight (c) waist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) sell (c) tail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) sale (b) see (c) whole
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) waist (b) pair (c) knight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) rows (b) flower (c) their
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) blew (c) whole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) made (b) allowed (c) rose
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) male (b) flour (c) write
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) toe (b) pair (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) sun (b) plane (c) cell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) flew (b) flour (c) meat
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) know (b) road (c) buy
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) there (b) maid (c) wait
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) no (b) see (c) missed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) here (b) male (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) toe (c) heel
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) flower (c) toe
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) by (b) ate (c) flower
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) rows (c) ate
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) plain
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) mail (b) their (c) sail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) missed (b) steel (c) groan
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) waist (c) son
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) week (c) flour
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) made (b) male (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) hear (c) toe
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) hear (b) dear (c) sun
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) male (b) knight (c) plain
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) weight (c) whole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) waist (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) sea (c) tale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) meet (b) flower (c) flu
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) hear (b) heal (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) blue (c) heel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) there (b) whole (c) aloud

Answer key

  1. week
  2. tale
  3. weak
  4. hear
  5. waist
  6. night
  7. see
  8. knight
  9. their
  10. flour
  11. allowed
  12. flour
  13. pair
  14. plane
  15. meat
  16. road
  17. wait
  18. see
  19. male
  20. berry
  21. sale
  22. flower
  23. flu
  24. sea
  25. sail
  26. sail
  27. groan
  28. eight
  29. son
  30. buy
  31. bury
  32. sun
  33. knight
  34. knew
  35. not
  36. rose
  37. flu
  38. heal
  39. grown
  40. whole

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