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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 640 · 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 “wait”? (a) weight (b) mist (c) sail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) not (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) won (b) rose (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) tail (b) steal (c) waste
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) bare (c) their
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) past (b) knot (c) tail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) made
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) male (b) know (c) weak
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) plane (b) knight (c) here
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) toe (b) knew (c) there
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) blew (b) break (c) pair
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) new (b) by (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) eight (b) sun (c) mist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) wait (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) sell (c) dear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) meat (b) past (c) knight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) peace (c) steel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) rode (b) sun (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) knew (b) sale (c) aloud
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) dear (c) new
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) tail (b) hear (c) steel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) eight (b) plain (c) rows
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) pear (b) mail (c) cell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) son (b) past (c) flew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) night (b) road (c) not
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) right (c) tow
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) weak (b) flour (c) mail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) week (b) flower (c) sea
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) knot (c) tow
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) bear (c) right
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) write (b) blew (c) week
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) passed (c) new
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) dear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rose (b) here (c) rode
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) rose (b) no (c) pair
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) rows (b) sail (c) sell
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) hole (b) right (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) blew

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. meat
  3. rose
  4. waste
  5. sale
  6. tail
  7. allowed
  8. know
  9. knight
  10. there
  11. pair
  12. ate
  13. by
  14. sun
  15. grown
  16. eight
  17. past
  18. buy
  19. blew
  20. steal
  21. aloud
  22. hole
  23. steel
  24. rows
  25. mail
  26. flew
  27. road
  28. mist
  29. mail
  30. flower
  31. weight
  32. see
  33. week
  34. tale
  35. hear
  36. here
  37. no
  38. sell
  39. flour
  40. pair

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