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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 544 · 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 “made”? (a) sell (b) maid (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) rode (b) weak (c) son
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) made
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) past (b) missed (c) there
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) write (c) groan
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) passed (b) toe (c) new
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) heel (c) tale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) bear (b) flower (c) heal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) weight (b) steal (c) sea
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) buy (c) waste
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) know (b) buy (c) meet
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) meat (b) there (c) cell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sale (b) tail (c) berry
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) one (b) past (c) their
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) cell (c) their
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) rose (b) week (c) steal
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) plain (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) piece (b) flour (c) new
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) mist (b) knew (c) allowed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) write (b) whole (c) passed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) right (c) weak
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) male (c) passed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) missed (c) by
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) knight (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) maid (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) new (c) sell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tale (b) write (c) piece
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) steal (c) bury
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) rose (b) not (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) dear (b) knight (c) sun
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) heel
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) no (b) waist (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) no (b) week (c) mist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) steel (b) sea (c) heel
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) blue (b) knot (c) flower
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) week (b) toe (c) wait
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) peace (b) rows (c) rode
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) write (b) no (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) knew (c) hole

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. weak
  3. weak
  4. there
  5. wait
  6. toe
  7. blew
  8. heal
  9. sea
  10. one
  11. meet
  12. there
  13. berry
  14. their
  15. knight
  16. steal
  17. week
  18. flour
  19. allowed
  20. whole
  21. passed
  22. knew
  23. sell
  24. heal
  25. male
  26. pear
  27. heel
  28. write
  29. night
  30. buy
  31. sun
  32. flew
  33. waist
  34. mist
  35. sea
  36. knot
  37. toe
  38. rows
  39. no
  40. peace

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