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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 741 · 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 “missed”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) flour (b) night (c) maid
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) week (c) ate
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) made (b) toe (c) meat
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) toe (c) knot
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) write (b) their (c) male
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) no (b) bury (c) piece
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) not
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) blew (b) waste (c) here
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) there (b) pear (c) write
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flu (b) passed (c) whole
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) deer (c) wait
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sell (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) write (b) waist (c) blue
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) past (b) heel (c) grown
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) one (b) bare (c) heel
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) know
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) won (b) pear (c) meet
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) maid (b) son (c) by
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) passed (b) hole (c) won
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) buy (c) week
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) rose (b) waist (c) heal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) hole (c) by
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) there (b) maid (c) ate
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) by (b) pair (c) past
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) eight (b) not (c) toe
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) rode (b) here (c) blue
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) dear (c) hole
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) bury (c) steel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) blue
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) see (b) made (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) deer (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) hole (b) aloud (c) won
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) meat (b) wait (c) sale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) not (b) week (c) pair
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) there (b) cell (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) heal (c) cell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) one (b) ate (c) sail

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. night
  3. toe
  4. meat
  5. break
  6. their
  7. bury
  8. sea
  9. waste
  10. pear
  11. passed
  12. mail
  13. one
  14. waist
  15. heel
  16. heel
  17. weight
  18. pear
  19. son
  20. hole
  21. grown
  22. mist
  23. sea
  24. heal
  25. write
  26. ate
  27. pair
  28. not
  29. here
  30. weak
  31. won
  32. passed
  33. made
  34. blew
  35. won
  36. wait
  37. pair
  38. cell
  39. knew
  40. sail

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