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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 644 · 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 “not”? (a) pair (b) knot (c) ate
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) right (b) male (c) groan
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) weak (b) ate (c) bury
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) waste (b) see (c) missed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) knight (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) one (b) their (c) son
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) plane (b) past (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) son (b) won (c) sell
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) mail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flour (b) allowed (c) toe
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) there (c) sea
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) see (b) rows (c) mist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) cell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) flew (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) waist (b) past (c) steal
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) ate (b) plane (c) flower
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) hole (c) sale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) eight (c) see
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) sale (b) plain (c) weight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) new
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) allowed (b) wait (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) their (b) hole (c) flu
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) tail (b) right (c) flew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) waist (c) groan
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) wait (b) blue (c) here
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) right (c) pear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) past (b) buy (c) right
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) knight (c) write
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) plain (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) rose (b) steel (c) berry
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) won (c) tale
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) waste (c) weight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) grown
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) dear (b) one (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) flew (b) weak (c) sale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) maid (c) plane
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) wait (b) new (c) by
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) bare (c) week
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) hole (b) brake (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) whole (b) toe (c) steel

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. male
  3. bury
  4. see
  5. son
  6. their
  7. past
  8. won
  9. missed
  10. allowed
  11. plain
  12. mist
  13. knew
  14. meet
  15. steal
  16. plane
  17. write
  18. made
  19. plain
  20. new
  21. wait
  22. hole
  23. flew
  24. wait
  25. here
  26. hear
  27. buy
  28. sun
  29. rode
  30. steel
  31. maid
  32. tale
  33. knot
  34. one
  35. weak
  36. by
  37. new
  38. by
  39. brake
  40. toe

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