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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 7 · 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 “weak”? (a) sale (b) week (c) bear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sun (b) one (c) toe
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) knight (c) heel
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) break (b) hear (c) piece
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) their
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) not (b) missed (c) rose
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) week (b) rose (c) son
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) waist (b) made (c) there
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) road (b) blue (c) bare
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) dear (c) write
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) plane (b) maid (c) knight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) waste (b) groan (c) flew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) know (b) sale (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knight (b) flour (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) rows (c) hear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) new (b) grown (c) bare
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) flu (b) rose (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) week (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) allowed (b) road (c) peace
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) cell (c) mist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) berry (b) waist (c) road
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) by (b) son (c) flower
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) flu (c) sail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) brake (b) there (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) dear (b) piece (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) write (b) ate (c) heel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) knight (b) passed (c) brake
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) tale (b) waist (c) blew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) meat (b) eight (c) hole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) meat (b) cell (c) rode
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) son (b) tale (c) ate
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) plain (b) son (c) maid
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) hear (b) steal (c) flew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) one
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) new (b) eight (c) heel
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) waste (b) missed (c) here
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) waist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) brake (b) their (c) allowed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) peace (b) hole (c) sea
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) berry (b) aloud (c) heel

Answer key

  1. week
  2. toe
  3. past
  4. hear
  5. meat
  6. rose
  7. son
  8. made
  9. bare
  10. waste
  11. knight
  12. groan
  13. sale
  14. flour
  15. blew
  16. grown
  17. rose
  18. waist
  19. road
  20. plane
  21. road
  22. son
  23. write
  24. won
  25. piece
  26. ate
  27. brake
  28. blew
  29. eight
  30. rode
  31. tale
  32. maid
  33. flew
  34. meet
  35. eight
  36. missed
  37. knew
  38. allowed
  39. hole
  40. heel

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