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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 409 · 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 “wait”? (a) not (b) whole (c) weight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) bare (c) peace
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) eight (c) sell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) write (b) ate (c) dear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) their (b) whole (c) no
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) mail (b) meet (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) one (b) here (c) flew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sea (b) hole (c) knight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sun (c) ate
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) bury (c) write
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) by (c) piece
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) whole (b) right (c) made
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) week (c) blue
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) won
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) dear (b) knew (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) right (c) steal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) berry (b) plane (c) flew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) week (b) maid (c) their
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) flu (b) bury (c) bare
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) steal (b) write (c) maid
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) toe (b) know (c) buy
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) deer (b) bury (c) sun
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) flew (c) knew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) son (b) meet (c) rows
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) there (c) son
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) here (b) peace (c) maid
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) won (c) rode
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) sun (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) see (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) their
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) flower (b) brake (c) meat
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) steel (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) right (b) rode (c) flower
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) week (b) dear (c) road
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tail (b) steal (c) past
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) tow (b) see (c) deer
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) see (b) sail (c) mail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) grown
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rode (b) maid (c) sea

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. cell
  3. rode
  4. ate
  5. no
  6. won
  7. here
  8. knight
  9. piece
  10. deer
  11. flower
  12. made
  13. heal
  14. mist
  15. brake
  16. won
  17. flew
  18. their
  19. bare
  20. write
  21. buy
  22. bury
  23. male
  24. meet
  25. maid
  26. peace
  27. berry
  28. heel
  29. tow
  30. heal
  31. meat
  32. night
  33. rode
  34. road
  35. pear
  36. steal
  37. see
  38. sail
  39. grown
  40. maid

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