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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 421 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) heal (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) sale (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) flower (c) son
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) pair
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) dear (b) here (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) plain (b) peace (c) flour
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) their (b) week (c) mail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) cell (b) their (c) know
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) new (c) heel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) right (b) berry (c) sell
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) their (b) weak (c) male
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) knot (c) allowed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) toe
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) new (b) weak (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) no (c) heel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) sale (c) right
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) rose (b) mist (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) weight (b) waist (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) sail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) rows (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) tail (b) hole (c) rose
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) meat (c) steal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) bare (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tail (b) there (c) allowed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) here (b) flour (c) plane
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) won (c) there
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) flu
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) sale
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hear (b) plane (c) weight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) allowed (b) groan (c) piece
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) tail (b) rose (c) waist
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) groan (b) brake (c) meat
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) weight (b) past (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) ate (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) one (b) rows (c) missed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) sell (c) here
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) maid (b) brake (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) missed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) bare (b) groan (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) here (c) eight

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. write
  3. not
  4. pair
  5. waist
  6. peace
  7. mail
  8. their
  9. cell
  10. sell
  11. male
  12. knight
  13. maid
  14. weak
  15. blew
  16. knot
  17. by
  18. ate
  19. hear
  20. no
  21. rose
  22. toe
  23. buy
  24. allowed
  25. flour
  26. know
  27. flu
  28. sea
  29. weight
  30. piece
  31. waist
  32. meat
  33. know
  34. heel
  35. missed
  36. peace
  37. brake
  38. tale
  39. groan
  40. sell

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