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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 681 · 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 “male”? (a) flu (b) ate (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) piece (b) pair (c) wait
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) toe (b) blue (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) hole (c) peace
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) whole (b) there (c) no
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) heel
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) made (b) sale (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sale (b) made (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) sell (b) plain (c) rows
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) rode (b) sea (c) heal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) right (b) peace (c) knight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) tail (b) break (c) tow
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) weak (b) flour (c) whole
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) flew (b) rose (c) their
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) meat (b) tail (c) plane
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) ate (c) wait
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) sail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) allowed (b) waist (c) new
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) whole (b) weak (c) sail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) right (b) pear (c) here
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) aloud (b) cell (c) rode
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) mist (c) rose
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sail (c) missed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) knot (b) rode (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) no (b) knew (c) waste
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) new (b) eight (c) blew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) flu (b) not (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) one (b) here (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) meat
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) know (b) see (c) rows
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) sail (c) night
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) one (b) sea (c) groan
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) tale (b) their (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) dear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) pear (c) wait
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) waste (b) right (c) aloud
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) son (b) know (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) deer (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) plane (b) steel (c) week

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. wait
  3. knew
  4. maid
  5. there
  6. knight
  7. sale
  8. write
  9. rows
  10. heal
  11. knight
  12. break
  13. flour
  14. rose
  15. tail
  16. flew
  17. mail
  18. new
  19. weak
  20. here
  21. cell
  22. pair
  23. hear
  24. rode
  25. waste
  26. eight
  27. pear
  28. here
  29. meat
  30. son
  31. see
  32. won
  33. sea
  34. their
  35. sun
  36. buy
  37. aloud
  38. night
  39. flour
  40. week

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