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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 723 · 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 “maid”? (a) hear (b) see (c) made
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) sail (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) passed (b) heal (c) meat
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) pear (b) past (c) buy
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) rose (c) missed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) rode
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) steel (b) bury (c) one
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) mist (b) meat (c) male
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) here
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) aloud (b) break (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) deer (b) know (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) aloud (b) son (c) peace
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) bury
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) blew (b) their (c) deer
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) grown (b) flower (c) tale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) knot (c) hear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) brake (b) aloud (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flower (b) not (c) blue
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) plane (c) tow
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) mail (b) berry (c) won
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) maid (b) night (c) blue
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) mail (b) not (c) weight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) ate
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) knot (c) missed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) by (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) their (b) tow (c) write
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) toe (b) sell (c) weak
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) pair (b) waste (c) flew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) road (b) write (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) flour (b) wait (c) ate
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) meet (b) past (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) hole (b) flour (c) allowed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) bare (b) week (c) see
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) there (b) blue (c) peace
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) sail (c) road
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) made
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) son (b) grown (c) flew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blew (b) eight (c) son
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) knot (b) sail (c) meat

Answer key

  1. made
  2. road
  3. maid
  4. heal
  5. past
  6. knot
  7. cell
  8. bury
  9. meat
  10. here
  11. break
  12. know
  13. son
  14. sea
  15. their
  16. tale
  17. know
  18. aloud
  19. not
  20. flew
  21. won
  22. blue
  23. weight
  24. ate
  25. sale
  26. whole
  27. write
  28. weak
  29. waste
  30. brake
  31. wait
  32. one
  33. flour
  34. week
  35. peace
  36. one
  37. dear
  38. grown
  39. eight
  40. sail

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