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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 702 · 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 “there”? (a) their (b) sea (c) eight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) break (c) eight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flour (b) blew (c) peace
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) new (b) mail (c) wait
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bare (b) tale (c) mist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) sun (b) missed (c) eight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) new (b) bury (c) cell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) eight
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) mist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) steal (b) new (c) there
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) berry (c) one
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) bear (b) know (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) peace (b) male (c) write
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) plain (b) see (c) knew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) blew (b) buy (c) their
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) allowed (b) hear (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) past (c) grown
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) knot (b) tale (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) tale (b) wait (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) bare (b) sail (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) no (b) weak (c) grown
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) plain (b) deer (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) there (b) passed (c) hear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flew (b) son (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) meat (b) waist (c) tale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) grown
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) won
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) mail (b) week (c) flower
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) cell (c) no
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) meet (b) cell (c) plain
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) sell (b) deer (c) write
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) not
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) sea (c) son
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) wait (b) mist (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) flower (c) grown
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) here (b) one (c) knew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) here (b) flew (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) male (b) pear (c) hear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) sail (c) heel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) meet (b) toe (c) plain

Answer key

  1. their
  2. waste
  3. blew
  4. wait
  5. tale
  6. eight
  7. cell
  8. eight
  9. bury
  10. new
  11. week
  12. know
  13. male
  14. knew
  15. buy
  16. meat
  17. not
  18. know
  19. wait
  20. right
  21. grown
  22. deer
  23. hear
  24. flower
  25. waist
  26. allowed
  27. won
  28. week
  29. sun
  30. cell
  31. write
  32. not
  33. new
  34. see
  35. weight
  36. one
  37. flew
  38. pear
  39. mail
  40. toe

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