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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 443 · 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 “plain”? (a) son (b) plane (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) week
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) wait (b) son (c) steel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) missed (c) week
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) road (b) know (c) waist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sail (b) write (c) new
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) made
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) steal (b) made (c) there
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) waste
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) no (b) tale (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) pair (b) grown (c) week
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) no (c) brake
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) meat (b) tail (c) son
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) deer (b) pear (c) by
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) road
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) toe (b) mist (c) weight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) pear (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) mist (b) heel (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sea (b) grown (c) mail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) here (b) missed (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) passed (c) rode
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) flew (c) pear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) waste (c) won
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) tow
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) dear (b) bear (c) weight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) aloud
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) no (b) male (c) ate
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) night
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) steal (c) mail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) buy (b) heal (c) whole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) made (b) blue (c) buy
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) heal (b) one (c) mist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) sail (c) sea
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) waist (b) mail (c) heal
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) heal (b) plane (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) pear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) flower (c) sale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flew (b) wait (c) their
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) there (c) mail

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. blew
  3. steel
  4. male
  5. know
  6. write
  7. tow
  8. made
  9. waste
  10. maid
  11. grown
  12. tail
  13. son
  14. by
  15. blue
  16. weight
  17. missed
  18. allowed
  19. mail
  20. missed
  21. break
  22. break
  23. heal
  24. tow
  25. weight
  26. heal
  27. ate
  28. meet
  29. ate
  30. whole
  31. buy
  32. one
  33. sun
  34. hear
  35. mail
  36. sell
  37. peace
  38. wait
  39. their
  40. past

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