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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 611 · 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 “ate”? (a) eight (b) sale (c) knew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) missed (c) knew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) hear (b) tail (c) plain
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) rows (b) blue (c) right
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) flour (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) right (b) bury (c) mail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) past
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) pair (b) deer (c) not
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) sell (c) steel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) week (b) rows (c) blew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) won (b) passed (c) tow
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) sale (c) waist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) toe (b) pear (c) berry
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) see (b) male (c) maid
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) whole (c) dear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) whole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) plane (b) one (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) rows (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) past
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flew (b) plane (c) new
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) tow (b) heel (c) buy
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) past (b) tale (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sea (b) their (c) tail
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) hear (c) tail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) right (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) piece (b) right (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) won (b) not (c) peace
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) son (b) won (c) break
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) whole (b) plain (c) past
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) knot
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) berry (b) hole (c) new
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) mail (b) blew (c) whole
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) ate (c) heel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) steel
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) blue
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) cell (b) wait (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) allowed (b) flu (c) write
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) right (c) past
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) past (b) heal (c) know
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) by (c) passed

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. grown
  3. plain
  4. right
  5. waste
  6. mail
  7. toe
  8. not
  9. weak
  10. blew
  11. tow
  12. night
  13. pear
  14. male
  15. new
  16. ate
  17. one
  18. meet
  19. meat
  20. plane
  21. heel
  22. no
  23. tail
  24. pear
  25. wait
  26. right
  27. not
  28. break
  29. past
  30. rode
  31. new
  32. blew
  33. know
  34. weight
  35. bury
  36. there
  37. flu
  38. ate
  39. know
  40. heal

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