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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 60 · 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 “son”? (a) sun (b) made (c) peace
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) flower (c) knot
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) peace (b) tail (c) heal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) flower (b) grown (c) steel
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) eight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) know (c) flour
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) their (b) meet (c) not
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) see (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) road (b) knot (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sale (b) made (c) pear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) plain (b) one (c) toe
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) weak
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) plain (b) berry (c) rose
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) see (c) bear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) berry (c) mail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) rose (b) knot (c) plain
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) grown (c) tow
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) know (b) tail (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) made (c) sail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) know (b) weak (c) cell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) sale (b) sun (c) waste
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) see (b) by (c) grown
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) whole (b) piece (c) steal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) steel (c) brake
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) week (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) night (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) waste (b) bury (c) weight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) not (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) their (c) meet
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) knew (b) plane (c) passed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) made (b) road (c) ate
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) buy (b) night (c) male
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) missed (c) grown
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) rose (b) night (c) pear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) aloud (b) eight (c) male
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) hole (b) one (c) male
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) cell (c) mist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) steel (b) see (c) there
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) heal (c) bare
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) by (b) their (c) passed

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. write
  3. heal
  4. grown
  5. eight
  6. new
  7. not
  8. bare
  9. blew
  10. pear
  11. toe
  12. mail
  13. berry
  14. tale
  15. mist
  16. plain
  17. waist
  18. tail
  19. waste
  20. cell
  21. waste
  22. grown
  23. piece
  24. past
  25. weight
  26. son
  27. bury
  28. week
  29. peace
  30. plane
  31. ate
  32. night
  33. knot
  34. night
  35. male
  36. male
  37. knew
  38. see
  39. see
  40. their

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