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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 66 · 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) male (b) buy (c) tale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) hear (b) brake (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) won (b) heel (c) meat
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) rows (c) eight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) heal (b) waste (c) deer
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) buy (c) meat
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) eight (b) weight (c) maid
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) there (b) ate (c) weight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) right (b) pear (c) mist
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) son (c) one
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) plane (b) ate (c) sail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) passed (b) son (c) sea
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) whole (c) grown
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) heal (c) maid
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) their (b) break (c) male
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) maid (b) eight (c) blew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) sea (c) heel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) won (b) weak (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) meat (c) rose
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) won (b) knight (c) blue
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) flour (b) groan (c) berry
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) see (b) piece (c) tale
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) here (b) ate (c) past
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) meat (b) won (c) deer
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) here (c) bear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) whole (b) see (c) dear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) past (b) plain (c) toe
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) new
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) their (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) see (b) missed (c) brake
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) ate (b) sale (c) week
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) buy (b) allowed (c) sea
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) sale (c) flu
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sea (b) here (c) male
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) plain (b) knight (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) know (b) sail (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) right (b) past (c) weak
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) blew (b) plain (c) weight

Answer key

  1. male
  2. hear
  3. brake
  4. meat
  5. meet
  6. waste
  7. rode
  8. maid
  9. ate
  10. mist
  11. flu
  12. sail
  13. son
  14. flower
  15. plain
  16. break
  17. eight
  18. wait
  19. missed
  20. toe
  21. knight
  22. groan
  23. tale
  24. past
  25. deer
  26. there
  27. see
  28. toe
  29. pair
  30. write
  31. missed
  32. week
  33. allowed
  34. peace
  35. here
  36. knight
  37. groan
  38. weak
  39. tale
  40. weight

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