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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 385 · 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 “made”? (a) maid (b) see (c) plane
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) rose (b) knew (c) past
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) flower (c) sun
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) road (b) waste (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) by (b) waste (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) rows (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) brake (b) waist (c) won
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) night (b) write (c) pear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) heel (b) flower (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) piece (b) write (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) ate (c) sun
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) tow
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sell (b) tale (c) eight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) road (b) eight (c) brake
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) toe
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) male (b) bare (c) night
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) heal (b) sea (c) night
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) whole (c) bury
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) sail (c) past
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) not (b) sail (c) blue
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) eight (b) meat (c) by
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) knight (b) male (c) week
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) mail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) road (b) mail (c) deer
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hear (b) weight (c) break
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) made (b) new (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) blew (c) not
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) flew (b) heel (c) buy
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) one (b) no (c) weak
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) deer (b) hear (c) flu
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flour (b) their (c) tow
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) whole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) dear (b) knight (c) steel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) won (c) rose
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) waist (b) tale (c) allowed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) deer (b) here (c) heel
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) maid (b) sun (c) heal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) flower (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) piece (c) groan
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) weight (c) sale

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. past
  3. heal
  4. no
  5. waste
  6. here
  7. won
  8. write
  9. right
  10. ate
  11. meet
  12. eight
  13. tale
  14. brake
  15. toe
  16. bare
  17. night
  18. son
  19. eight
  20. sail
  21. by
  22. male
  23. mail
  24. deer
  25. weight
  26. new
  27. hole
  28. heel
  29. weak
  30. flu
  31. tow
  32. hear
  33. steel
  34. knight
  35. allowed
  36. heel
  37. sun
  38. meat
  39. flower
  40. mist

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