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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 659 · 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 “sun”? (a) wait (b) son (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) deer (b) rode (c) buy
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) break (b) blue (c) know
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) knot (b) one (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) their (b) allowed (c) bury
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) night (b) knew (c) plain
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) rows (c) knot
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tow (b) aloud (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) right (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) no (b) right (c) heel
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) know (c) new
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sea (b) past (c) groan
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) dear (b) there (c) mail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) plane (c) whole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) eight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) their (c) week
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) buy
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) by (c) see
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blew (b) eight (c) heal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) male (b) blue (c) passed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) steel (b) by (c) write
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) steal (b) write (c) meet
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) by (b) past (c) week
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) their (b) toe (c) allowed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) male (c) write
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) flu (c) break
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) son (b) knew (c) ate
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) mail (c) flew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blue (b) won (c) bury
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) by (c) passed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) no (b) weak (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) son (b) not (c) plane
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tail (b) won (c) mist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) made (b) meet (c) pear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) their (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) wait (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) right (b) new (c) made
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) flower

Answer key

  1. son
  2. buy
  3. weak
  4. know
  5. sea
  6. allowed
  7. bare
  8. plain
  9. see
  10. blue
  11. sun
  12. right
  13. week
  14. past
  15. there
  16. weight
  17. eight
  18. night
  19. meet
  20. waste
  21. eight
  22. passed
  23. write
  24. meet
  25. week
  26. toe
  27. rose
  28. night
  29. knew
  30. hear
  31. bury
  32. cell
  33. aloud
  34. plane
  35. won
  36. pear
  37. groan
  38. by
  39. made
  40. mail

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