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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 65 · 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 “mail”? (a) break (b) sun (c) male
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) break (c) weak
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) knew (b) grown (c) sell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) peace (b) pair (c) allowed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) heal (b) there (c) write
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) road (c) their
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) peace (b) flour (c) berry
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) see (c) blue
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) groan (b) their (c) road
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) their (b) right (c) knew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tale (b) won (c) meat
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) flu (c) blue
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) deer (b) night (c) weak
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) meet (b) made (c) allowed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) break
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) male (c) know
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) night (b) weak (c) grown
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flower (b) sale (c) flew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) wait (b) bear (c) rode
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hole (b) allowed (c) groan
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) sea (b) flower (c) weight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) knight (b) here (c) steal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) one (b) blue (c) cell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) son
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) bare (b) sail (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) past (b) road (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) tow (c) flower
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) see (c) maid
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) wait (b) dear (c) heel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) one (c) tale
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) sail (b) son (c) weight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) week (b) peace (c) knot
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) their (b) know (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) made (b) bear (c) aloud
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) pair (b) night (c) their
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) maid (b) not (c) weak
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tale (b) weak (c) road
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) meet (b) no (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) meet (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) wait (b) male (c) piece

Answer key

  1. male
  2. meet
  3. sell
  4. pair
  5. there
  6. waste
  7. berry
  8. meet
  9. road
  10. right
  11. won
  12. night
  13. weak
  14. made
  15. maid
  16. week
  17. grown
  18. flew
  19. bear
  20. allowed
  21. weight
  22. steal
  23. cell
  24. son
  25. sail
  26. weight
  27. flew
  28. here
  29. heel
  30. flower
  31. son
  32. knot
  33. know
  34. aloud
  35. their
  36. not
  37. weak
  38. no
  39. one
  40. male

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