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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 566 · 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 “meet”? (a) flour (b) one (c) meat
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) allowed (b) past (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) pair (b) rows (c) son
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) tail (b) piece (c) pair
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) pair (b) road (c) son
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) bury (c) hear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) pear (b) not (c) know
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) no (b) here (c) waste
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sell (b) meet (c) sea
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) wait
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) blew (b) allowed (c) plain
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) by
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) their (b) groan (c) sale
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) steal
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) male (c) their
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) right
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) wait (b) eight (c) weak
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) heel (b) knot (c) weight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) male
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) son (c) sea
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) bare (b) night (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) night (b) rose (c) meat
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) one (b) sale (c) son
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) hear (b) waste (c) weight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) mail (b) meet (c) bury
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) mail (c) blew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) piece (c) plane
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) steel (c) blew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) wait (b) one (c) buy
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) pair (b) waste (c) sell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rose (b) male (c) dear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) their (b) past (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) night (b) tale (c) dear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) groan (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) right (c) week
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) wait
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) meat (b) buy (c) knew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) blew (c) tail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) heel (b) berry (c) their
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) tow

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. past
  3. rows
  4. piece
  5. son
  6. there
  7. know
  8. waste
  9. sea
  10. meat
  11. plain
  12. by
  13. sale
  14. tale
  15. road
  16. eight
  17. weak
  18. weight
  19. blew
  20. plane
  21. night
  22. rose
  23. sale
  24. weight
  25. bury
  26. write
  27. bury
  28. heel
  29. buy
  30. waste
  31. male
  32. steal
  33. tale
  34. write
  35. by
  36. wait
  37. knew
  38. not
  39. their
  40. deer

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