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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 626 · 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 “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) bury (c) grown
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) tail (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) no (b) past (c) sell
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flu (b) male (c) weight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) know (b) plain (c) brake
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knew (b) blew (c) one
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) road (c) male
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) meat (b) grown (c) plane
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) knot (c) male
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) wait (b) road (c) knight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) male (b) cell (c) ate
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) new (b) no (c) maid
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) one (c) waste
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) tail (c) write
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) weak
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) hole (b) blew (c) mail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) their (b) past (c) know
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) brake (b) see (c) by
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) deer (c) no
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) wait (b) right (c) aloud
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) know (b) meet (c) cell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) their (b) bare (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) heel (b) meet (c) mail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) wait (c) knight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) past (b) groan (c) one
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) bear (c) rows
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) buy (b) night (c) past
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) see (b) knight (c) aloud
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knight (b) won (c) know
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) allowed (b) week (c) meet
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) sail (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) here (c) aloud
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) mail (c) passed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) pear (b) bare (c) tale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) heel (b) meat (c) cell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) rode
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) meat (b) by (c) sail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) sail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) meet (b) no (c) weak

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. heal
  3. past
  4. weight
  5. plain
  6. one
  7. break
  8. grown
  9. no
  10. knight
  11. ate
  12. maid
  13. heel
  14. their
  15. weak
  16. blew
  17. know
  18. by
  19. piece
  20. right
  21. meet
  22. hear
  23. mail
  24. cell
  25. one
  26. flour
  27. night
  28. aloud
  29. know
  30. flew
  31. meet
  32. missed
  33. flu
  34. rose
  35. tale
  36. meat
  37. missed
  38. sail
  39. hole
  40. no

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