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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 679 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) passed (c) flu
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sale (b) flower (c) wait
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) tow (b) plain (c) sell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) new (b) see (c) passed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) eight (b) berry (c) steel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) knot
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sale (c) berry
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) bear (b) allowed (c) new
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) meat (b) pear (c) there
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sale (b) write (c) berry
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) hole (b) no (c) dear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) waist (b) rode (c) tail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) rose (b) write (c) hear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) right (b) knew (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) their (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) allowed (b) rows (c) heel
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flour (b) sale (c) hear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) not (b) pear (c) tale
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) won (c) berry
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) maid (b) cell (c) plain
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) rode (b) aloud (c) flower
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) past
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) cell (b) past (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) rows (c) plain
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) by (b) new (c) hole
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) waste (c) by
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) won (c) week
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) no (b) new (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) night
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) no
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) rode
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blew (b) right (c) cell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) weak (c) heel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) rows (c) made
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) male (b) hole (c) buy
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) one (b) past (c) tail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) sea (b) new (c) knot
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) bare (b) new (c) piece
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) one (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) flew (c) blew

Answer key

  1. write
  2. wait
  3. sell
  4. passed
  5. steel
  6. knot
  7. weak
  8. allowed
  9. there
  10. berry
  11. dear
  12. tail
  13. hear
  14. knew
  15. peace
  16. rows
  17. hear
  18. tale
  19. male
  20. plain
  21. aloud
  22. tow
  23. past
  24. won
  25. new
  26. knew
  27. son
  28. new
  29. night
  30. no
  31. maid
  32. cell
  33. not
  34. see
  35. buy
  36. tail
  37. knot
  38. piece
  39. aloud
  40. their

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