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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 589 · 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 “flew”? (a) tow (b) meet (c) flu
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) knew (b) week (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) plane (b) right (c) there
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) won (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) wait (c) hear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) by (b) one (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sea (b) bear (c) passed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) weight (c) bare
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) their (b) sell (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) blew (b) night (c) hole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) toe (c) made
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) mist
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) write (c) peace
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) weight (c) tale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) meat (b) bare (c) waste
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) right (b) pair (c) heel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) hear (b) right (c) tow
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) toe (b) heal (c) mail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) mist (b) by (c) rode
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) plain (b) eight (c) knot
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) night (b) weak (c) sail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) sail (b) not (c) plane
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flew (b) night (c) new
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) past (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) tale (b) wait (c) deer
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) weak (c) bare
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) maid (b) sell (c) aloud
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) dear (b) sale (c) buy
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) knew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) bear (c) by
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) past (c) not
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) cell (c) no
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) aloud (b) missed (c) road
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) waist (c) write
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) waist (b) one (c) break
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) one (b) sun (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) flu
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) plain (c) flower
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) passed (b) sun (c) allowed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) rode (b) weak (c) groan

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. week
  3. right
  4. bury
  5. heal
  6. mist
  7. passed
  8. passed
  9. sell
  10. night
  11. won
  12. bury
  13. break
  14. mail
  15. waste
  16. heel
  17. right
  18. heal
  19. by
  20. eight
  21. sail
  22. plane
  23. new
  24. break
  25. wait
  26. write
  27. aloud
  28. buy
  29. knew
  30. berry
  31. sea
  32. pear
  33. missed
  34. toe
  35. one
  36. maid
  37. road
  38. meet
  39. allowed
  40. groan

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