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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 614 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) toe (c) blue
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) knot (b) sale (c) weight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) week (c) tail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) new (b) missed (c) piece
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) buy (b) blew (c) maid
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) one (b) road (c) mist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) missed (c) buy
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) past
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) bury (b) blew (c) passed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) their (b) rode (c) tow
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) rode
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) past (b) missed (c) weak
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) one (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) blue (b) tail (c) sail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) not
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) eight (b) flew (c) tale
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) break (c) son
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) sell (b) road (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) tale (b) dear (c) rode
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) steel
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) grown (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) pear (b) knight (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) won
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tail (b) ate (c) pear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) bury
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) steal (b) sea (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) here (b) knew (c) groan
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) wait (c) no
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) tow (c) right
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) hole (c) deer
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) steal (b) wait (c) bear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flu (b) peace (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) male (b) plain (c) tale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) meat (c) their
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sun (b) night (c) write
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) sale (b) knew (c) waste
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) write (b) sun (c) made
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) aloud (b) whole (c) eight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) heel (b) knot (c) new

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. sale
  3. son
  4. missed
  5. maid
  6. mist
  7. one
  8. weak
  9. passed
  10. tow
  11. rode
  12. weak
  13. bare
  14. tail
  15. not
  16. tale
  17. meat
  18. deer
  19. dear
  20. pear
  21. past
  22. sail
  23. buy
  24. pear
  25. bury
  26. knot
  27. groan
  28. new
  29. week
  30. male
  31. bear
  32. ate
  33. knight
  34. tale
  35. made
  36. write
  37. waste
  38. sun
  39. whole
  40. knot

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