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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 751 · 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 “wait”? (a) bear (b) passed (c) weight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) sell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) won (b) here (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) allowed (b) plane (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) break (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) flew (b) sea (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) bare (c) waste
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) rose (b) toe (c) passed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) steal (b) son (c) berry
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) son (b) flower (c) pear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) here (b) allowed (c) knot
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) plane (b) mail (c) peace
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) rode (b) blue (c) cell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rows (b) see (c) blew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) maid (b) road (c) by
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) rows (c) waste
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) bare (c) there
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) steal (b) pear (c) whole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flour (b) missed (c) waste
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) there
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) flew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) there (b) write (c) mail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) one
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) bury (b) groan (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) flew (c) blue
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) week (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sun (b) knew (c) won
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knew (b) steel (c) plane
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) meet (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sail (b) rode (c) buy
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) cell (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) tow (c) hear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) see (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) new (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) mist (b) tow (c) dear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) break (b) toe (c) know
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) week (b) here (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) blue (b) week (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) blew (b) male (c) piece
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) heel (b) peace (c) sun

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. sell
  3. blue
  4. flower
  5. buy
  6. won
  7. knight
  8. passed
  9. berry
  10. flower
  11. allowed
  12. mail
  13. cell
  14. see
  15. by
  16. allowed
  17. wait
  18. pear
  19. waste
  20. ate
  21. tale
  22. mail
  23. whole
  24. blew
  25. knot
  26. here
  27. won
  28. steel
  29. waist
  30. buy
  31. piece
  32. plain
  33. pair
  34. rode
  35. tow
  36. know
  37. here
  38. one
  39. piece
  40. sun

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