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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 564 · 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 “hole”? (a) whole (b) male (c) sail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) hole (c) week
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) mail (b) week (c) buy
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) meat (b) tow (c) ate
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flew (b) one (c) heal
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) waste (b) male (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) waste (b) knot (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) weak (b) son (c) past
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) won (c) right
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) won
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) steal (b) eight (c) grown
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) there (b) steel (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) steel (c) peace
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) meat (b) weight (c) buy
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) rose (c) here
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) berry
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) bear (b) flour (c) sell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flu (b) their (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flew (b) toe (c) pair
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) write
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) rose
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) weight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) plane (b) flour (c) past
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) mail (b) heel (c) not
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) rows (c) hear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) whole (b) week (c) heel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) break
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) maid (b) bare (c) steal
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) weak (b) no (c) son
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) steal
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) son (b) piece (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) piece (c) sell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) whole (b) tail (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) buy (c) cell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) there (b) dear (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) sea (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) cell (b) heel (c) sale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) not (b) wait (c) plane
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) won (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) knew (b) meat (c) know

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. tale
  3. buy
  4. ate
  5. heal
  6. male
  7. knot
  8. past
  9. whole
  10. won
  11. grown
  12. steel
  13. rows
  14. buy
  15. tow
  16. blew
  17. sell
  18. blew
  19. toe
  20. write
  21. ate
  22. weight
  23. flour
  24. heel
  25. piece
  26. week
  27. break
  28. bare
  29. son
  30. plane
  31. see
  32. sun
  33. aloud
  34. tow
  35. night
  36. mist
  37. sale
  38. plane
  39. knew
  40. know

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