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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 639 · 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 “waist”? (a) waste (b) plane (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) groan (c) knot
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) plain (c) whole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) pear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) whole (c) rose
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) one (c) flew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) allowed (b) weight (c) heal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) eight (b) know (c) passed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) knot
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) flour (b) mist (c) sea
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) road (b) break (c) by
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) plane (b) missed (c) knot
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) knew (c) know
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) night
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sea (b) by (c) plane
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) wait (c) berry
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) road (b) whole (c) know
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) flower (b) there (c) pair
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) made
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) their (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) waste
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) passed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) flew (b) their (c) piece
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) meet (c) heel
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) brake (c) male
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) past (c) write
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) tail (b) bear (c) grown
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) whole (b) steal (c) made
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) weak (c) missed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) one
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) piece (b) aloud (c) buy
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) road (b) sun (c) tail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) there (b) hear (c) week
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) bear (b) brake (c) cell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plain (b) allowed (c) bear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) rows (c) weak
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) heel (b) flu (c) not
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) bear (c) allowed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) won (b) dear (c) blew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) passed (b) blue (c) buy

Answer key

  1. waste
  2. one
  3. weak
  4. won
  5. rode
  6. son
  7. heal
  8. passed
  9. ate
  10. mist
  11. break
  12. knot
  13. tail
  14. night
  15. by
  16. heel
  17. know
  18. pair
  19. blue
  20. mist
  21. plain
  22. rode
  23. piece
  24. deer
  25. not
  26. bury
  27. grown
  28. steal
  29. flu
  30. steel
  31. aloud
  32. sun
  33. week
  34. cell
  35. bear
  36. won
  37. not
  38. break
  39. dear
  40. buy

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