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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 423 · 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 “week”? (a) road (b) weak (c) brake
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) write (b) tow (c) bear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) road (b) write (c) past
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) sell (c) pair
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) rose (b) tale (c) maid
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) steal (b) waste (c) whole
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) heal (b) plain (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) eight (c) plain
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) buy
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) plain
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) missed (b) flour (c) write
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) brake (b) right (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) one (c) hole
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flower (b) hear (c) not
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) no (c) blue
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) write (b) groan (c) bury
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) their (c) pear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flew (b) their (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) hole (b) weak (c) groan
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) wait (c) son
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flower (b) steel (c) mail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) plane (b) break (c) pear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rows (b) knew (c) piece
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sale (b) weight (c) heal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) grown (b) knew (c) missed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) flu (c) sun
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flu (b) knot (c) road
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) son (b) see (c) bare
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) know (c) knot
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) rode
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) road (b) berry (c) passed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) sea (c) brake
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) right (b) peace (c) flour
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) mist (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) weight (b) eight (c) waist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) rose (b) no (c) male
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) buy (b) blew (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) past (b) see (c) wait
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) whole (c) peace
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bare (b) by (c) weak

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. bear
  3. past
  4. eight
  5. maid
  6. waste
  7. plain
  8. by
  9. blew
  10. pear
  11. write
  12. peace
  13. steal
  14. not
  15. whole
  16. bury
  17. aloud
  18. blew
  19. groan
  20. see
  21. steel
  22. pear
  23. knew
  24. heal
  25. missed
  26. past
  27. knot
  28. see
  29. rows
  30. heel
  31. passed
  32. plain
  33. peace
  34. allowed
  35. eight
  36. no
  37. berry
  38. wait
  39. sea
  40. weak

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