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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 616 · 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 “weak”? (a) see (b) week (c) aloud
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) blew (c) deer
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) ate
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) steal (b) eight (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) mail (b) not (c) made
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) waste (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) one (b) waist (c) aloud
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) there (b) one (c) made
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) tow (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) berry (b) whole (c) weak
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) knew (b) mail (c) know
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) knew (b) one (c) no
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) son (b) eight (c) bury
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) bare (b) not (c) plain
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) write
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) sail (c) flu
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) road (b) plane (c) new
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) night (c) week
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) ate (c) see
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) deer (b) sale (c) won
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) week (b) plane (c) brake
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) deer (b) berry (c) missed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) waist (b) buy (c) hear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) weight (c) here
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) hear (b) flew (c) heal
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knight (b) know (c) there
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) passed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) grown (c) hole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) waste (b) rows (c) sale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) meet (c) grown
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) tail (b) piece (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) piece (c) groan
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) past (c) blue
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) blue (c) berry
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) here (b) weight (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) knight (b) their (c) by
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) rode (b) bury (c) sea
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) male (b) here (c) steal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) see (b) rode (c) hole

Answer key

  1. week
  2. steel
  3. ate
  4. eight
  5. made
  6. week
  7. aloud
  8. made
  9. weak
  10. whole
  11. mail
  12. one
  13. bury
  14. not
  15. hear
  16. maid
  17. plane
  18. sea
  19. their
  20. won
  21. plane
  22. berry
  23. buy
  24. grown
  25. heal
  26. know
  27. waist
  28. see
  29. rows
  30. pair
  31. piece
  32. toe
  33. one
  34. flew
  35. waste
  36. ate
  37. by
  38. sea
  39. here
  40. rode

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