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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 548 · 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 “sail”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) sale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) new (b) sea (c) grown
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meat (b) male (c) sale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) hear (b) male (c) not
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) by (c) groan
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) dear (b) tail (c) missed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) flu (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) rode (c) right
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) heel (b) knot (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) waste (b) there (c) tail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) sale (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) break (b) past (c) heal
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) missed (b) meet (c) waist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) waist (b) meet (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) hole (c) aloud
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) write (b) tow (c) blue
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) sell (c) berry
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) by (b) won (c) piece
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) new (c) tale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) cell (c) their
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) whole (c) sun
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) past (b) hole (c) allowed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) write (b) mail (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) their (c) pear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) flu (b) wait (c) meat
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) maid (b) rode (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) brake (c) male
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) rose (b) buy (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) ate
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) meat (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) sun (c) there
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) male
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) aloud (b) toe (c) groan
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) blew (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) write (b) here (c) know
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) deer (b) right (c) night
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) right (b) toe (c) not
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) won (c) bear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) tale (b) eight (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) one (b) eight (c) not

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. grown
  3. male
  4. not
  5. maid
  6. missed
  7. right
  8. knight
  9. knot
  10. there
  11. know
  12. heal
  13. waist
  14. meet
  15. son
  16. blue
  17. no
  18. won
  19. waste
  20. whole
  21. steel
  22. hole
  23. mail
  24. steel
  25. meat
  26. rode
  27. made
  28. buy
  29. hear
  30. waist
  31. whole
  32. aloud
  33. groan
  34. cell
  35. here
  36. night
  37. not
  38. male
  39. sail
  40. eight

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