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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 732 · 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 “waist”? (a) right (b) waste (c) sun
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) peace (c) blew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) pear (b) knight (c) knew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) heel (b) missed (c) sail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) waist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) grown (b) week (c) pair
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) know (b) peace (c) there
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flew (b) write (c) eight
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) deer (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) brake (b) made (c) one
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) tale (b) no (c) sale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) eight (b) write (c) new
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) blew (b) missed (c) no
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) sea (c) waist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) meat (b) flower (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) by (b) mist (c) heal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) sea (b) bear (c) berry
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) mail (b) peace (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) eight (c) allowed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) pair (b) wait (c) meat
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) sell (b) rows (c) bury
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) toe (b) ate (c) plain
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) bare (b) ate (c) there
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rows (b) son (c) pair
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) blew (b) break (c) berry
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) write (b) sun (c) ate
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) mist (b) sell (c) one
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) flu (b) week (c) past
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) see (b) heal (c) rose
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) buy (c) rose
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) passed (c) made
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) mist (c) here
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) plane (c) steal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) heal (b) deer (c) grown
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) heal (b) won (c) allowed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) pair (b) dear (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) rode (b) write (c) waist
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) their (b) steal (c) flour
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) hole (b) plain (c) tow
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) missed (b) aloud (c) blew

Answer key

  1. waste
  2. past
  3. knight
  4. sail
  5. meat
  6. week
  7. peace
  8. eight
  9. blew
  10. made
  11. sale
  12. write
  13. missed
  14. sale
  15. flower
  16. heal
  17. bear
  18. peace
  19. groan
  20. wait
  21. bury
  22. plain
  23. ate
  24. son
  25. break
  26. ate
  27. sell
  28. past
  29. heal
  30. meat
  31. bear
  32. right
  33. flu
  34. grown
  35. allowed
  36. dear
  37. write
  38. flour
  39. tow
  40. blew

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