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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 649 · 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 “ate”? (a) bear (b) eight (c) blue
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) maid (c) hear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bare (b) bury (c) toe
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) right (b) male (c) weight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) eight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) steal (b) by (c) heal
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) whole (b) sell (c) toe
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) weight (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) knight (b) cell (c) rows
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) heel (b) waist (c) buy
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) mist (b) right (c) knew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) male (b) rose (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) tale (c) buy
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) aloud (b) not (c) road
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sea (b) steel (c) meet
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) know (b) bare (c) flew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) allowed (b) groan (c) flew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) missed (b) bare (c) passed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) male (b) night (c) won
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) pear (c) their
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) tail (b) there (c) rode
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) groan (b) buy (c) made
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) bury (b) here (c) steel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) cell (b) deer (c) hear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) break (b) see (c) son
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) buy (c) here
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) dear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) road (b) there (c) write
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) break (b) bare (c) blue
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) steel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) sun (b) new (c) weight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meet (b) won (c) road
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) brake (b) new (c) their
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) plane (b) new (c) allowed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) whole (b) write (c) pear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) write (c) grown
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sail (b) weak (c) night

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. heel
  3. bury
  4. male
  5. sail
  6. heal
  7. buy
  8. toe
  9. their
  10. bury
  11. rows
  12. knew
  13. waist
  14. knew
  15. night
  16. see
  17. road
  18. meet
  19. bare
  20. groan
  21. passed
  22. won
  23. waist
  24. there
  25. made
  26. steel
  27. hear
  28. son
  29. aloud
  30. dear
  31. there
  32. bare
  33. knight
  34. weight
  35. won
  36. new
  37. allowed
  38. write
  39. male
  40. weak

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