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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 594 · 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 “waist”? (a) missed (b) there (c) waste
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) by (b) bury (c) no
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flu (b) groan (c) waste
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) tow (c) flu
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) maid (b) not (c) plane
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) rose (b) missed (c) night
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) meat (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) no (b) steel (c) son
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) no (b) plain (c) rows
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) aloud (b) right (c) see
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) one (b) weight (c) heel
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) aloud (c) by
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) brake (b) tail (c) plain
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) male (b) see (c) steal
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) knew (b) knot (c) sale
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) road (b) pear (c) weight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) their
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) write (c) one
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) night (b) one (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) here (b) knight (c) won
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) weak (b) their (c) bear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) one (c) piece
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) flu (c) deer
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) meet (b) knew (c) mail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) flew (b) mist (c) blue
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) pair (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) peace (b) flew (c) toe
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) tail (b) allowed (c) made
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) dear (b) son (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) mail (b) dear (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) plain (b) dear (c) sea
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) hear (b) maid (c) week
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) right
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) their (b) waist (c) steal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) by (b) toe (c) sun
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) passed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) maid (b) rose (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) wait (c) aloud
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) buy (b) flower (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) aloud

Answer key

  1. waste
  2. no
  3. groan
  4. weak
  5. plane
  6. missed
  7. wait
  8. son
  9. plain
  10. right
  11. heel
  12. tail
  13. plain
  14. see
  15. sale
  16. weight
  17. their
  18. blue
  19. one
  20. knight
  21. bear
  22. night
  23. missed
  24. mail
  25. blue
  26. meet
  27. flew
  28. made
  29. son
  30. dear
  31. sea
  32. maid
  33. sail
  34. waist
  35. sun
  36. meet
  37. groan
  38. no
  39. flower
  40. aloud

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