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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 45 · 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 “meat”? (a) meet (b) sun (c) pear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) meat (b) know (c) waste
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) toe (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) rows (b) waist (c) plain
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) new (b) one (c) tale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) no (b) plain (c) bury
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) weak (b) toe (c) by
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) sea (b) allowed (c) bury
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) blue (b) waist (c) eight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) by (b) missed (c) here
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) plain (b) tail (c) blue
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) cell (b) brake (c) their
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) berry (b) by (c) new
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) knight (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) cell (b) knight (c) mail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tow (b) bear (c) made
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) peace (b) here (c) steal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) see (b) flu (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) one (b) sail (c) blue
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) one (c) wait
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) cell (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) road (c) no
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) past (b) no (c) allowed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) dear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) rode
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) waste (b) male (c) right
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) toe (b) heal (c) berry
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) sea
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) see (c) flour
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) plain (b) weight (c) break
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) missed (b) steal (c) blew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) past (b) bear (c) weak
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) here (b) weak (c) night
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) steal (c) waist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) here
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) one (b) not (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) no (b) aloud (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) pear (b) dear (c) plain
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) brake (b) toe (c) bare

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. know
  3. road
  4. plain
  5. one
  6. bury
  7. by
  8. bury
  9. waist
  10. missed
  11. blue
  12. their
  13. new
  14. sea
  15. mail
  16. flower
  17. bear
  18. steal
  19. flu
  20. blue
  21. see
  22. rows
  23. knew
  24. allowed
  25. eight
  26. rode
  27. right
  28. heal
  29. tale
  30. blew
  31. weight
  32. steal
  33. weak
  34. night
  35. night
  36. here
  37. mail
  38. male
  39. dear
  40. toe

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