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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 366 · 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 “sea”? (a) hole (b) meet (c) see
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) night (c) waist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) heal (b) whole (c) mail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) ate (b) sale (c) pear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) new (b) plane (c) knot
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) tale (b) grown (c) one
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) toe (b) bury (c) aloud
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) flu (c) rose
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) maid (c) heel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) weak (b) passed (c) brake
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) heal (b) knew (c) right
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) mail (b) tail (c) sail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) eight (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) piece (b) road (c) knew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) here
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) male (c) bear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) made (b) one (c) road
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) son (b) waist (c) steal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) peace (c) knew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) tail (b) flu (c) plain
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) made (b) meet (c) deer
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) meet (c) berry
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) peace (b) write (c) dear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) sea (b) won (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) not (b) passed (c) night
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) missed (c) won
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) weight (b) meat (c) pair
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) won (b) waist (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) waist (b) past (c) bare
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sea (b) waste (c) wait
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) knew (c) knight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) blue (b) write (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) mail (b) weak (c) road
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) here (c) one
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) here (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) bare (b) passed (c) made
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) waist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) break (b) flew (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sea (b) blue (c) bury
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) one (c) heel

Answer key

  1. see
  2. heel
  3. whole
  4. pear
  5. knot
  6. grown
  7. aloud
  8. tale
  9. berry
  10. brake
  11. right
  12. sail
  13. weight
  14. knew
  15. here
  16. cell
  17. one
  18. steal
  19. won
  20. flu
  21. deer
  22. wait
  23. dear
  24. blue
  25. passed
  26. plane
  27. meat
  28. waist
  29. bare
  30. wait
  31. sea
  32. write
  33. weak
  34. meet
  35. steel
  36. made
  37. meet
  38. by
  39. bury
  40. sun

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