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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 529 · 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 “mail”? (a) son (b) hear (c) male
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) week (b) pair (c) ate
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) pear (b) sell (c) week
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) heel (b) by (c) sun
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) eight (c) buy
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) night (c) mail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) weight (b) blue (c) waste
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) new (b) piece (c) blew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) aloud (b) won (c) berry
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) missed (c) passed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) toe (c) passed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) missed (b) mail (c) hole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) waste (b) bury (c) blew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) write (c) brake
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) sale (b) not (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) their (b) flower (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) past (b) knot (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) allowed (b) brake (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) dear (b) wait (c) not
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) see (b) hole (c) blew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) ate (b) groan (c) flu
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) not (c) plane
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tail (b) rode (c) mail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) write (b) meat (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) sail (b) no (c) road
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sell (b) steel (c) see
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) steel
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) deer (b) toe (c) knight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) sell (b) know (c) son
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) there (b) knot (c) road
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) eight (b) meet (c) their
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) no (b) see (c) meet
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) write
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) here (b) knight (c) break
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) break (c) here
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) not (b) heal (c) brake
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) weight (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) waist (b) new (c) meet
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) waist (b) sell (c) blew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) deer (c) sun

Answer key

  1. male
  2. ate
  3. week
  4. sun
  5. maid
  6. passed
  7. waste
  8. blew
  9. won
  10. sell
  11. berry
  12. mail
  13. blew
  14. flour
  15. not
  16. hole
  17. plain
  18. brake
  19. wait
  20. hole
  21. flu
  22. bare
  23. rode
  24. blue
  25. road
  26. steel
  27. hear
  28. knight
  29. son
  30. road
  31. their
  32. see
  33. plane
  34. knight
  35. plain
  36. brake
  37. tail
  38. new
  39. sell
  40. knot

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