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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 509 · 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 “see”? (a) weak (b) sea (c) steal
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) here (c) night
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) mist (b) wait (c) bare
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) write (b) tow (c) no
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) road (b) knot (c) no
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) won (b) weight (c) hear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) heal (b) grown (c) weight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) mail (b) berry (c) here
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) ate (b) right (c) know
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) sale (c) tale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) berry (b) piece (c) toe
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) toe (b) passed (c) wait
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sell (b) weak (c) male
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) blew (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) week (b) new (c) bury
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) hole (b) flew (c) rose
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) mail (b) son (c) sale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) mail (b) brake (c) weak
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) wait (c) bury
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) grown (b) brake (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) sea (b) no (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) sun (b) one (c) mist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) wait (b) meet (c) heal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) pair (c) wait
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) bare (b) deer (c) break
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) son (b) plane (c) tow
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) knew (b) tale (c) here
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) groan (c) meet
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) male
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) cell (b) knot (c) ate
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) no (c) knew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) weak (b) there (c) peace
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) by (b) whole (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knight (b) peace (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) bury (c) tow
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) plain
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) knot (b) meat (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) there (c) blue
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) there (c) wait
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) steal (b) past (c) sun

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. eight
  3. wait
  4. tow
  5. knot
  6. hear
  7. grown
  8. here
  9. right
  10. meat
  11. piece
  12. passed
  13. weak
  14. new
  15. bury
  16. rose
  17. son
  18. weak
  19. sell
  20. brake
  21. no
  22. mist
  23. heal
  24. flew
  25. break
  26. plane
  27. tale
  28. toe
  29. past
  30. ate
  31. pair
  32. there
  33. won
  34. flour
  35. here
  36. meet
  37. one
  38. by
  39. son
  40. sun

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