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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 472 · 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 “knew”? (a) rode (b) new (c) buy
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flew (b) weight (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) waist (c) week
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) right
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) meet (b) tow (c) knight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) no (b) waste (c) there
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) blew (b) no (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) blew (c) tale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) piece (b) tale (c) plain
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) not (b) waist (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) tow (b) knew (c) bury
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) rose (b) maid (c) steal
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) bear (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sea (b) flew (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) steal (b) there (c) hole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) meat (c) weak
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) weight (b) night (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) by (b) waist (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) weight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) see (b) their (c) made
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) sea (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) passed (b) knew (c) tow
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) plane (b) sell (c) one
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) knot (b) tail (c) passed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) no (b) heel (c) blue
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flower (b) made (c) heal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) right (b) flew (c) whole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) knew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) here (b) weak (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) grown (c) meet
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mail (b) toe (c) sea
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) groan (b) eight (c) not
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) pair (b) right (c) buy
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) weak (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) see (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) tale (b) flu (c) see
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) their (b) weight (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) pair (c) heal
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) pear (b) plain (c) tale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) cell

Answer key

  1. new
  2. weight
  3. their
  4. right
  5. tow
  6. waste
  7. no
  8. by
  9. plain
  10. waist
  11. bury
  12. maid
  13. tail
  14. flew
  15. hole
  16. pear
  17. waist
  18. flower
  19. steel
  20. made
  21. meat
  22. tow
  23. one
  24. passed
  25. blue
  26. heal
  27. whole
  28. hear
  29. one
  30. knight
  31. toe
  32. not
  33. right
  34. their
  35. missed
  36. flu
  37. ate
  38. blue
  39. tale
  40. rose

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