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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 69 · 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 “male”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) meat
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) know (c) sale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) sail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) see (b) waste (c) maid
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) groan (b) flour (c) road
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) made (c) mist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) weight (b) brake (c) by
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) berry (b) meet (c) see
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) plane (c) night
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) flour (b) missed (c) meat
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) heal
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) flour (c) by
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) flour (c) meat
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) piece (b) past (c) night
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flu (b) ate (c) know
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) mail (b) their (c) bury
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) bury (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) pear (b) rode (c) write
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) hole (b) sun (c) road
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) cell (b) there (c) week
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) groan (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) knew (c) groan
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) bare (b) tail (c) pear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) grown (b) aloud (c) sea
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) pair (b) tail (c) rose
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) steal
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) weak
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) week (b) cell (c) tale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) pair (b) meat (c) plain
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) aloud (c) sale
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) tow (c) heel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) groan (b) wait (c) know
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) there (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) no (b) toe (c) bear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) male (b) one (c) brake
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) whole (c) won
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) see (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) knight (b) sail (c) bare

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. knight
  3. knew
  4. maid
  5. road
  6. passed
  7. brake
  8. meet
  9. mail
  10. missed
  11. heal
  12. sell
  13. grown
  14. past
  15. ate
  16. their
  17. see
  18. rode
  19. write
  20. sun
  21. week
  22. won
  23. write
  24. tail
  25. sea
  26. rose
  27. tale
  28. weak
  29. rose
  30. cell
  31. plain
  32. sea
  33. hear
  34. wait
  35. blue
  36. bear
  37. one
  38. hear
  39. mist
  40. sail

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