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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 365 · 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 “see”? (a) write (b) sea (c) toe
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) weak (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) write (b) steal (c) here
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) cell (b) whole (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) toe (b) flour (c) tale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sale (b) there (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) hole (b) grown (c) not
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) made (b) heal (c) knew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) groan (c) road
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) no (c) sale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) meet (c) not
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) bear (b) waste (c) tow
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) won (b) blue (c) bare
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) right (b) waist (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) weight (b) plain (c) male
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) one (b) night (c) not
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) right (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) right (c) weight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) there (b) tale (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) cell (b) right (c) sea
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) sea (c) blew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rode (b) break (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) heal (b) knew (c) bury
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) steal (b) dear (c) week
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) their (b) toe (c) steal
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) by (b) hole (c) won
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) mist (b) their (c) right
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) hole (b) sale (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) hole (c) maid
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) past (c) blew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) blue (b) past (c) meat
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) buy (b) rose (c) one
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) groan (c) plain
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) won (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) knew (b) not (c) bear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) steel (b) right (c) tale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) buy (b) grown (c) dear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) won (b) see (c) rose
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) maid

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. see
  3. here
  4. sun
  5. flour
  6. there
  7. not
  8. heal
  9. one
  10. plain
  11. whole
  12. waste
  13. blue
  14. waist
  15. male
  16. not
  17. bear
  18. plain
  19. tale
  20. right
  21. rode
  22. break
  23. bury
  24. dear
  25. toe
  26. won
  27. right
  28. sale
  29. hear
  30. ate
  31. meat
  32. rose
  33. write
  34. maid
  35. buy
  36. bear
  37. tale
  38. dear
  39. see
  40. maid

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