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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 489 · 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 “waste”? (a) tail (b) waist (c) plain
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) know (b) there (c) maid
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) new (c) allowed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) heel (b) right (c) road
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) here (b) ate (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) flu (c) road
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sale (b) flew (c) week
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) sell (c) flu
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) right (b) plane (c) peace
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) rows (b) not (c) heal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) meat (b) one (c) plane
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) hole (b) their (c) right
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) bury (b) buy (c) flour
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) flour (c) road
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) piece (b) pear (c) waist
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) berry (b) here (c) night
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) made (b) flour (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sell (b) flu (c) groan
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) peace (b) knew (c) brake
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) knot (b) their (c) eight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) peace (b) flour (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) won (b) blew (c) hear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) son (b) sell (c) new
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) weight (c) steel
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bury (b) here (c) mist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) heal (b) eight (c) allowed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) piece (b) pear (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) steel (c) tail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) steel (c) brake
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) see (b) blew (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) steal (c) bare
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) write (b) dear (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) one (c) night
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sea (b) berry (c) past
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) wait (c) flower
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) won (b) sale (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) missed (b) cell (c) break
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flew (b) sea (c) know
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) wait (c) flu

Answer key

  1. waist
  2. maid
  3. know
  4. right
  5. bare
  6. blew
  7. flew
  8. whole
  9. peace
  10. heal
  11. one
  12. their
  13. buy
  14. steal
  15. waist
  16. here
  17. flour
  18. peace
  19. flu
  20. knew
  21. eight
  22. new
  23. blew
  24. sell
  25. hear
  26. mist
  27. allowed
  28. brake
  29. road
  30. waste
  31. their
  32. meat
  33. knight
  34. tow
  35. berry
  36. grown
  37. sale
  38. cell
  39. sea
  40. new

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