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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 507 · 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 “heal”? (a) whole (b) heel (c) sale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) week (b) pear (c) son
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) right
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) sail (c) hole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sale (b) won (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hear (b) by (c) allowed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) missed (b) week (c) no
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) right (b) made (c) dear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) knew (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) tail (b) meat (c) son
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) waste (b) eight (c) by
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) rose (b) know (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) heal (b) maid (c) grown
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) write (c) bury
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) plain (c) there
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) aloud (b) steal (c) see
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) wait (b) made (c) aloud
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) blew (b) heel (c) road
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) rode (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) berry (b) here (c) bear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) plane (b) pear (c) flower
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) meet (c) pair
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knight (b) blew (c) tow
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) see (b) bare (c) hear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) meat (b) no (c) waist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) meet (b) cell (c) blue
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) passed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) hole (c) deer
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) buy (b) plane (c) heel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sale (b) brake (c) mist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) mail (b) sale (c) maid
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) waste (b) mist (c) piece
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) aloud (c) rode
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) cell (b) groan (c) tale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) grown (b) flower (c) sell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) plain (b) weak (c) dear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) rows (b) waste (c) past
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) won (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) flour (b) weight (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) bear (b) meat (c) eight

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. son
  3. right
  4. knight
  5. won
  6. allowed
  7. week
  8. dear
  9. write
  10. meat
  11. by
  12. berry
  13. maid
  14. sell
  15. here
  16. see
  17. aloud
  18. road
  19. not
  20. bear
  21. pear
  22. know
  23. blew
  24. hear
  25. waist
  26. blue
  27. passed
  28. by
  29. plane
  30. brake
  31. sale
  32. mist
  33. their
  34. tale
  35. sell
  36. dear
  37. waste
  38. knew
  39. weight
  40. eight

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