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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 422 · 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) tale (b) weak (c) eight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) whole (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) plain (b) past (c) new
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) here (b) wait (c) their
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) write (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) pair (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) rose (b) past (c) made
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) steal (c) flower
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) no (b) brake (c) peace
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) male (c) road
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) sun
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) by (b) there (c) pear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) deer (b) passed (c) missed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) male
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) their (c) new
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flower (b) allowed (c) tow
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) blew (b) one (c) pair
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) missed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) bare (b) hear (c) flower
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) deer (b) sail (c) bare
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) ate (b) maid (c) tail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) break (b) knew (c) piece
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) mist (c) one
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) rode (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) knight (c) hole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) pear (b) tow (c) passed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) right (b) son (c) knew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) pear (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) there (b) rows (c) bear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) break (b) hear (c) their
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) see (b) sail (c) one
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) hole (b) one (c) blue
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) brake (b) whole (c) pear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) new (b) flour (c) tow
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) piece (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) flour (b) mist (c) weak
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) peace (c) grown
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) hole (b) tale (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) eight (b) tow (c) sale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) hear (b) mist (c) bury

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. right
  3. new
  4. wait
  5. toe
  6. here
  7. made
  8. dear
  9. brake
  10. tow
  11. pear
  12. there
  13. passed
  14. male
  15. peace
  16. allowed
  17. pair
  18. missed
  19. hear
  20. sail
  21. tail
  22. piece
  23. flew
  24. hear
  25. no
  26. tow
  27. son
  28. know
  29. bear
  30. their
  31. one
  32. blue
  33. pear
  34. flour
  35. not
  36. mist
  37. knight
  38. tale
  39. sale
  40. bury

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