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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 734 · 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 “by”? (a) flew (b) buy (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) bare (b) night (c) son
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) pear (b) toe (c) waste
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flew (b) no (c) passed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) bury (c) rode
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) whole
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) knight (b) there (c) maid
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) week (b) sell (c) meet
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tale (b) here (c) heal
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) rode
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) their (b) heal (c) won
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) there (c) knight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sell (b) write (c) knot
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) ate
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) bare (b) hear (c) see
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) plain (b) rows (c) bear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) male (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) knew (c) one
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) no (c) by
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) son (c) plane
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) rose (b) no (c) allowed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) missed (b) whole (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) waist (b) not (c) berry
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) rode (c) sell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) made (b) weight (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) piece (b) blew (c) rose
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) bury
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) know (c) rode
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) mail (b) plane (c) eight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) male (c) know
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) allowed (b) eight (c) there
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) break (b) pear (c) whole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) meat (b) mist (c) won
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) no (b) brake (c) buy
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) flew (c) pair
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) blew (b) wait (c) tow
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) wait (b) break (c) sea
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) road (b) sail (c) rose
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) waste (c) no

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. son
  3. waste
  4. passed
  5. whole
  6. ate
  7. maid
  8. sell
  9. here
  10. tail
  11. heal
  12. new
  13. write
  14. tow
  15. hear
  16. rows
  17. knight
  18. sail
  19. hear
  20. buy
  21. no
  22. whole
  23. not
  24. blue
  25. week
  26. weight
  27. blew
  28. bury
  29. tow
  30. eight
  31. groan
  32. eight
  33. pear
  34. won
  35. brake
  36. sun
  37. wait
  38. sea
  39. sail
  40. heel

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