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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 492 · 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 “one”? (a) deer (b) break (c) won
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) by (b) whole (c) no
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) cell (b) their (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) hole (c) bear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) sale (c) waste
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) meet (b) week (c) brake
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) whole (b) wait (c) male
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) deer
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) meet (b) pair (c) rows
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) rows
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) road (b) flower (c) deer
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) deer (b) rode (c) heal
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) won (c) weak
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) tow (b) road (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) eight (c) here
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sale (b) tale (c) blew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) sun (c) pair
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) maid (b) allowed (c) plane
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sale (b) ate (c) berry
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) maid (b) not (c) berry
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) heel
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) bear (b) eight (c) night
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) ate (b) break (c) write
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sell (b) one (c) right
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) allowed (b) missed (c) know
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) heel (b) meat (c) plain
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) meat (b) knew (c) missed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sell (b) pear (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) one (b) peace (c) heal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rose (b) sun (c) male
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) flour (c) right
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) no (c) blew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) groan (b) road (c) waist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) passed (c) knot
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) mist (c) rows
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) rode (c) meat
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) berry (b) aloud (c) pear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) meat
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) son (b) blew (c) male
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) buy (b) one (c) eight

Answer key

  1. won
  2. whole
  3. their
  4. weak
  5. right
  6. week
  7. male
  8. groan
  9. pair
  10. waist
  11. flower
  12. heal
  13. ate
  14. meet
  15. not
  16. blew
  17. bury
  18. allowed
  19. ate
  20. berry
  21. flew
  22. night
  23. break
  24. one
  25. know
  26. plain
  27. missed
  28. pear
  29. peace
  30. sun
  31. not
  32. made
  33. waist
  34. mist
  35. their
  36. tale
  37. aloud
  38. piece
  39. blew
  40. eight

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