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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 446 · 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 “blew”? (a) right (b) blue (c) night
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) waste (c) sale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) male (b) eight (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sale (b) steel (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) ate (b) toe (c) maid
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) toe (b) new (c) berry
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) ate (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) peace
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) week (b) here (c) flour
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) week (b) there (c) flu
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) there (b) pear (c) weak
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) son (b) tale (c) weight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) blew (b) heal (c) bear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) peace (b) won (c) blew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) aloud (c) bear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) pear (b) mist (c) hole
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sail (b) piece (c) right
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) by (c) cell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) tail (b) deer (c) one
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knight (b) here (c) week
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) their (c) night
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) week (b) mist (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) groan (b) flower (c) maid
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) allowed (b) toe (c) hear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) weak (b) wait (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) aloud (b) dear (c) sell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) rows (c) flu
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) brake (b) aloud (c) past
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) blew (b) waste (c) tale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) rose (b) tale (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) by (b) meat (c) waist
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) sea (c) week
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) no
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) break (b) steel (c) peace
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tale (b) write (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) aloud (c) rose
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) meat (b) blue (c) ate
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) night (c) tale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) ate (b) hole (c) cell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) wait (c) their

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. groan
  3. night
  4. steel
  5. maid
  6. new
  7. knew
  8. sale
  9. flour
  10. there
  11. pear
  12. tale
  13. bear
  14. won
  15. rode
  16. mist
  17. right
  18. eight
  19. deer
  20. here
  21. sail
  22. sea
  23. maid
  24. hear
  25. passed
  26. sell
  27. week
  28. past
  29. waste
  30. tale
  31. waist
  32. waist
  33. berry
  34. peace
  35. whole
  36. see
  37. ate
  38. wait
  39. cell
  40. bear

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