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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 47 · 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) break (c) sell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) meet (c) berry
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) piece (b) son (c) there
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) dear (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) passed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) weak (b) night (c) sell
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) hole (b) one (c) hear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) bare (c) rose
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) knight (c) wait
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) one (b) knew (c) blue
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) night (b) there (c) wait
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tow (b) blew (c) bear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) flu (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) won (c) flu
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) grown (c) piece
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) week (b) knight (c) groan
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) bury (c) passed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) sun (c) dear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) pair (b) dear (c) ate
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) hear (b) rose (c) groan
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) eight (b) tale (c) won
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) new (c) won
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) hole (b) toe (c) missed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sale (b) flour (c) new
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) bury (b) there (c) steal
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hear (b) see (c) rows
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) male (b) their (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) deer (c) flu
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) deer
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) meat (c) cell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) passed (b) whole (c) dear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) maid (c) road
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) tow
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flu (b) steal (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) not (c) their
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) knew (b) made (c) write
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) hear (b) sun (c) bury
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) sea (b) blue (c) mist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) weight (b) cell (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) cell (b) knew (c) steal

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. one
  3. there
  4. see
  5. bear
  6. sell
  7. one
  8. sea
  9. steel
  10. knew
  11. wait
  12. blew
  13. waste
  14. not
  15. hole
  16. knight
  17. tale
  18. night
  19. ate
  20. groan
  21. won
  22. plane
  23. toe
  24. new
  25. steal
  26. rows
  27. their
  28. knot
  29. piece
  30. week
  31. whole
  32. bear
  33. flu
  34. sea
  35. eight
  36. write
  37. sun
  38. mist
  39. meat
  40. knew

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