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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 623 · 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 “past”? (a) passed (b) whole (c) weight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) peace (b) knight (c) write
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) son (b) sale (c) allowed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) one (b) blew (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) grown (b) here (c) sell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) waist (b) week (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) their (b) ate (c) know
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) knight (c) deer
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) maid (c) bear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) weight (b) weak (c) their
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) heel (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) made (c) week
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) mist (b) meet (c) write
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) steel (b) won (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) steal (b) waist (c) weak
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) write
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) not (b) flower (c) allowed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) missed (b) see (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) knight (c) steel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) peace (b) eight (c) made
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sell (b) past (c) pear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) meet (b) road (c) won
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) whole (b) missed (c) sun
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) here (b) meat (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) new (c) rows
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) bare (b) break (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) tail (b) write (c) meet
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) buy (b) break (c) weak
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) pair (c) knight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) blew (b) by (c) passed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) heal (c) dear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) plain (c) waist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) berry (b) cell (c) flu
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) one (c) sale
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) pear (b) cell (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) aloud (b) no (c) steel
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) know
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) male (c) waist
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) night (b) piece (c) no

Answer key

  1. passed
  2. write
  3. allowed
  4. blew
  5. sell
  6. week
  7. know
  8. sail
  9. rows
  10. their
  11. weight
  12. not
  13. meet
  14. won
  15. waist
  16. pair
  17. flower
  18. see
  19. here
  20. made
  21. pear
  22. past
  23. road
  24. sun
  25. meat
  26. new
  27. whole
  28. write
  29. weak
  30. plain
  31. by
  32. piece
  33. tow
  34. flu
  35. toe
  36. cell
  37. steel
  38. sea
  39. cell
  40. no

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