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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 645 · 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 “buy”? (a) eight (b) by (c) passed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) tale (c) whole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) tale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) passed (b) their (c) son
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) hole (b) heal (c) know
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) dear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) blew (b) passed (c) night
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) eight (b) flu (c) flour
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) toe (b) grown (c) bear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) plane (b) aloud (c) blew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) eight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) aloud (b) right (c) flour
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) bear (b) meet (c) weight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) made (c) know
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) grown (b) waist (c) meat
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) past (b) cell (c) steal
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) groan (b) new (c) wait
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) steel (b) wait (c) heal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) knew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) passed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) not (b) groan (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) week (b) past (c) aloud
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) by (b) male (c) whole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) mail (c) no
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) not
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) waist (b) know (c) sell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) mist (b) tale (c) weak
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) not (c) tow
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) bare (b) male (c) wait
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sea (b) past (c) here
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) see (b) waist (c) brake
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) peace (b) toe (c) by
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) son (b) steal (c) peace
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) heal (b) one (c) piece
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) peace (c) waste
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) peace (b) there (c) knot
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) new (b) grown (c) allowed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) pair (b) tale (c) blew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) son (b) road (c) pair

Answer key

  1. by
  2. sail
  3. sea
  4. their
  5. know
  6. aloud
  7. night
  8. flu
  9. bear
  10. blew
  11. heel
  12. right
  13. weight
  14. passed
  15. meat
  16. cell
  17. wait
  18. wait
  19. knew
  20. bear
  21. pair
  22. write
  23. aloud
  24. whole
  25. rose
  26. flower
  27. sell
  28. weak
  29. dear
  30. male
  31. past
  32. waist
  33. toe
  34. peace
  35. piece
  36. mist
  37. there
  38. grown
  39. tale
  40. road

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