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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. week
  2. grown
  3. cell
  4. blue
  5. pair
  6. blew
  7. ate
  8. sell
  9. male
  10. steal
  11. cell
  12. won
  13. weight
  14. tow
  15. see
  16. allowed
  17. here
  18. know
  19. weight
  20. sun
  21. weak
  22. waste
  23. right
  24. bear
  25. ate
  26. piece
  27. flu
  28. blew
  29. night
  30. flour
  31. pear
  32. passed
  33. rose
  34. plane
  35. piece
  36. waste
  37. grown
  38. knew
  39. flower
  40. allowed

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