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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 549 · 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 “rows”? (a) rose (b) flower (c) pair
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) peace (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) pair (c) hear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flu (b) rose (c) blew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) meat (b) toe (c) weak
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) bear (b) right (c) whole
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) no (c) toe
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) meet (b) by (c) rows
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) flu (b) toe (c) rose
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) pair (c) deer
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) new (b) their (c) made
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) male (b) passed (c) plane
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) male (b) flower (c) know
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) deer (b) sail (c) tale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) pear (b) there (c) made
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) maid (b) ate (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) one (b) piece (c) steel
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) tale (b) eight (c) steel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) whole (b) cell (c) berry
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) right (b) brake (c) weight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) bare (c) no
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) buy (b) flower (c) sun
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) write (c) not
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) knew (b) one (c) sale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) tow (c) knot
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sale (b) one (c) bear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) write (b) hear (c) know
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) heal (b) ate (c) bear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) blue (b) waste (c) male
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) blew (b) see (c) rode
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) buy (b) their (c) hole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) night
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) weak (c) hear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) no (c) heal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) sale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) right (b) deer (c) toe
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sale (b) flew (c) heal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) waist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) piece (b) by (c) blue
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) heal (b) one (c) see

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. meat
  3. wait
  4. blew
  5. weak
  6. right
  7. plain
  8. rows
  9. rose
  10. write
  11. their
  12. passed
  13. know
  14. sail
  15. made
  16. ate
  17. piece
  18. eight
  19. berry
  20. weight
  21. pair
  22. sun
  23. waste
  24. one
  25. missed
  26. one
  27. hear
  28. ate
  29. male
  30. see
  31. their
  32. heel
  33. not
  34. steal
  35. sale
  36. toe
  37. flew
  38. cell
  39. blue
  40. see

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