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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 712 · 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 “write”? (a) male (b) whole (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) piece (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) cell (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) flew (b) see (c) weight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pair (b) missed (c) flu
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tow (b) rows (c) write
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) knight (b) rode (c) not
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) week (c) flower
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) piece (c) their
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) sea
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) deer (c) aloud
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) meat (b) plane (c) blew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) bare (b) piece (c) rows
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) weight (b) night (c) grown
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) plain (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) won (b) blue (c) sell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) plane (b) sell (c) bare
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) sale (b) see (c) steal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) hear (b) wait (c) sea
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) meat (b) cell (c) hear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) not
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) flour (b) peace (c) right
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) waste (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flu (b) break (c) write
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) wait (c) sale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) male (b) berry (c) ate
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) write (c) week
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) road (b) knight (c) hole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) grown (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) plain (b) bare (c) meat
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) son (c) dear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) piece (b) blue (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) cell (b) won (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) blew (b) weak (c) waste
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) bare (b) knot (c) toe
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) mail (b) ate (c) aloud
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) not
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) past (b) flew (c) new
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) bear

Answer key

  1. right
  2. tale
  3. tale
  4. see
  5. flu
  6. write
  7. not
  8. cell
  9. hole
  10. sea
  11. male
  12. plane
  13. rows
  14. grown
  15. their
  16. sell
  17. bare
  18. steal
  19. sea
  20. cell
  21. waist
  22. peace
  23. bear
  24. break
  25. passed
  26. ate
  27. pair
  28. knight
  29. wait
  30. meat
  31. tail
  32. blue
  33. know
  34. weak
  35. toe
  36. ate
  37. pair
  38. new
  39. missed
  40. bear

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