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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 490 · 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 “right”? (a) write (b) pair (c) male
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) meet (b) weight (c) brake
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) ate (c) write
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) one (b) son (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) road (b) not (c) eight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) plane (b) flu (c) tow
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) meat
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) flour (b) dear (c) passed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) groan (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sell (b) tail (c) their
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) plane (b) hear (c) blew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) one (b) knew (c) peace
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blue (b) knight (c) bury
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) night (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) blue (b) steel (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) aloud (b) here (c) dear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) road (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) tail (c) deer
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) dear (b) brake (c) knight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) ate (b) past (c) flu
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) ate (b) heal (c) waist
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) passed (b) pair (c) break
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) not
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sail (b) flew (c) sell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) sail (b) waist (c) see
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) missed (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) right (c) flower
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) no (b) heal (c) there
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) sell (b) week (c) no
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) rows
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) hole (c) grown
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) rose
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) road (c) sea
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) new (c) sale
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) blue (b) past (c) toe
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) sail (b) by (c) mist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) son (c) weak
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) hole (b) pear (c) knew

Answer key

  1. write
  2. weight
  3. weight
  4. mist
  5. son
  6. eight
  7. tow
  8. sun
  9. passed
  10. blew
  11. their
  12. blew
  13. peace
  14. bury
  15. write
  16. steel
  17. dear
  18. night
  19. cell
  20. road
  21. brake
  22. flu
  23. heal
  24. break
  25. not
  26. flew
  27. see
  28. one
  29. sail
  30. there
  31. week
  32. hear
  33. flew
  34. rose
  35. whole
  36. wait
  37. past
  38. by
  39. ate
  40. pear

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