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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. waste
  2. weight
  3. flew
  4. one
  5. allowed
  6. tail
  7. knew
  8. cell
  9. pear
  10. break
  11. steel
  12. grown
  13. sea
  14. past
  15. by
  16. flower
  17. meat
  18. hear
  19. sell
  20. here
  21. bury
  22. their
  23. maid
  24. bare
  25. buy
  26. toe
  27. week
  28. maid
  29. bare
  30. waste
  31. mist
  32. knight
  33. rose
  34. wait
  35. heel
  36. knot
  37. hear
  38. blew
  39. flour
  40. new

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