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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 579 · 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 “night”? (a) grown (b) wait (c) knight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) peace (b) blue (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) whole (c) no
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) mail (b) know (c) week
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) no (c) tail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) mail (c) rose
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) break (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) berry (b) their (c) mail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) past (c) no
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) see (b) meet (c) knew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) meet (b) there (c) berry
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) cell (b) maid (c) sail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) won (b) flour (c) rose
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) one (c) right
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knew (b) ate (c) waste
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) missed (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) rose (b) made (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) weight (b) knight (c) sea
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) weight (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) heel (c) waste
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) weight (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) peace (c) meat
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) blew (b) see (c) male
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) right (b) past (c) bare
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) knot (b) week (c) steal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) cell (b) mist (c) won
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) deer (c) piece
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) know (b) heel (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) sell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) passed (b) night (c) heal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) heal (b) knot (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) one (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) meet
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) steel (b) hole (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) flew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) pear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) write (b) wait (c) peace
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) no (b) hole (c) new
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) won (b) meet (c) heel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) missed

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. blue
  3. won
  4. week
  5. cell
  6. weak
  7. eight
  8. mail
  9. toe
  10. knew
  11. berry
  12. sail
  13. rose
  14. flour
  15. ate
  16. bury
  17. sea
  18. knight
  19. passed
  20. sell
  21. buy
  22. steal
  23. male
  24. past
  25. week
  26. won
  27. allowed
  28. heel
  29. mist
  30. heal
  31. see
  32. night
  33. meet
  34. hole
  35. tale
  36. pear
  37. wait
  38. new
  39. meet
  40. sale

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