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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 704 · 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 “mail”? (a) male (b) wait (c) hear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) see
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) new (b) pair (c) allowed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) wait (c) sail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) bare (b) past (c) wait
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) wait (b) there (c) knot
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tail (b) weak (c) right
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) whole (c) dear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) piece (b) knight (c) new
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) eight (b) missed (c) know
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) break (b) pair (c) hole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) tail (b) flour (c) no
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bear (b) groan (c) see
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) dear (b) bury (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) missed (b) know (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) past (b) by (c) hear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) made (c) heel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) peace (b) write (c) waste
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) night
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) sea (b) rose (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) sale (c) knew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) their (b) won (c) flower
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) wait (b) bury (c) son
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) rows (b) break (c) steel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) toe
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) heel (b) toe (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) blue (c) sun
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pear (b) weight (c) blue
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) flu (c) made
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) right (b) night (c) knew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) see (b) deer (c) steel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) knew (c) flour
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) road (b) right (c) missed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) tale (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) son (b) wait (c) steal
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) won (b) hear (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) tail (b) allowed (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) rose (b) deer (c) new

Answer key

  1. male
  2. allowed
  3. allowed
  4. berry
  5. wait
  6. there
  7. weak
  8. know
  9. knight
  10. missed
  11. tail
  12. pair
  13. no
  14. see
  15. bury
  16. know
  17. by
  18. bear
  19. waste
  20. night
  21. rose
  22. berry
  23. won
  24. son
  25. break
  26. hole
  27. pear
  28. write
  29. grown
  30. blue
  31. male
  32. knew
  33. deer
  34. heel
  35. missed
  36. flu
  37. wait
  38. hear
  39. sail
  40. new

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