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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 369 · 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) buy (b) weight (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) groan
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) bare (b) rows (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) flew (c) there
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) heal (b) groan (c) week
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) knew (b) mist (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) night (b) sale (c) sun
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) knot (b) rode (c) here
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) meet (b) weak (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) heel (c) steel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) blew (b) weak (c) there
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) there (b) no (c) mist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) missed (c) male
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) plain (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) meet (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) dear (b) tail (c) plane
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) sun (c) wait
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) road (c) piece
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) one (b) male (c) sell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) meet (c) tow
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) ate (b) break (c) pair
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) night (b) there (c) tow
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) sell
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) night (b) meet (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) missed (b) mail (c) one
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flu (b) groan (c) write
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) know (b) sail (c) plain
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) no (b) weight (c) one
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) their (b) one (c) groan
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) son
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) write (b) male (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) rose (b) tow (c) heal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) son (b) deer (c) bear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) plain (b) hear (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) tow (b) break (c) berry
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) dear (b) pair (c) heal
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) past (b) flour (c) waste
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) steel (b) sale (c) hear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) tail (b) piece (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) dear (b) meat (c) their

Answer key

  1. see
  2. blew
  3. rows
  4. here
  5. groan
  6. mist
  7. sale
  8. rode
  9. weak
  10. toe
  11. weak
  12. mist
  13. no
  14. allowed
  15. won
  16. plane
  17. brake
  18. break
  19. male
  20. peace
  21. pair
  22. there
  23. sun
  24. meet
  25. mail
  26. write
  27. sail
  28. weight
  29. one
  30. eight
  31. their
  32. tow
  33. bear
  34. hear
  35. break
  36. heal
  37. waste
  38. hear
  39. piece
  40. meat

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