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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 388 · 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 “mail”? (a) heal (b) male (c) tale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) piece (b) plane (c) one
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) new (b) right (c) flew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) won (b) waste (c) cell
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) male (b) weak (c) plain
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) rode (b) male (c) sail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) rows (b) peace (c) blue
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) blue (b) ate (c) allowed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) past (c) not
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) berry (c) break
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) weak (b) buy (c) won
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) eight (b) missed (c) write
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) here (b) deer (c) whole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) won (c) week
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) right (b) hear (c) not
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) whole (b) missed (c) brake
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) new
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) waist (b) flu (c) weight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) waste
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) past
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) not (c) by
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) meet (b) see (c) piece
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) heal (b) hear (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) mist (b) allowed (c) peace
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) rows (b) new (c) buy
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) knot (b) bare (c) rode
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) new (b) whole (c) knot
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) week
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) made (b) mail (c) hole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) male (c) grown
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) know (b) blew (c) sea
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) male (c) rose
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) sail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) there (b) brake (c) right
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) not (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) rows (b) sale (c) know
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) waist (c) their
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sea (b) grown (c) bury

Answer key

  1. male
  2. one
  3. one
  4. flew
  5. waste
  6. weak
  7. weak
  8. sail
  9. peace
  10. ate
  11. steal
  12. there
  13. won
  14. missed
  15. whole
  16. flour
  17. hear
  18. missed
  19. flu
  20. weight
  21. waste
  22. past
  23. knight
  24. see
  25. hear
  26. peace
  27. buy
  28. bare
  29. knot
  30. week
  31. hole
  32. plane
  33. sea
  34. bury
  35. wait
  36. right
  37. toe
  38. know
  39. sun
  40. grown

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