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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 780 · 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) buy (b) won (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) week (c) night
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) eight (b) week (c) buy
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) berry (b) waist (c) male
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) night (b) hear (c) mist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) week (c) one
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) brake (b) weight (c) rose
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) plane (b) sail (c) toe
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) won (b) write (c) steel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) there (b) tale (c) toe
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) rose (b) flour (c) aloud
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) flour (b) blue (c) whole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) pair
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) meet (b) won (c) ate
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) meat (c) not
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) waist (b) there (c) missed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) son (c) past
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) mail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) right (b) here (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) maid (c) berry
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) weight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) heal (b) past (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) road
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) past (c) piece
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sail (b) steel (c) write
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) ate
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) sale (b) cell (c) flour
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) mist (b) plain (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) buy (b) there (c) waist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) maid (b) plain (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) deer (b) there (c) brake
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) meat (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) bury (b) knight (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) tale (b) hear (c) flew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) meat (b) road (c) plain
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) wait (b) mail (c) tow
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) pair
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) here (b) one (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) new (b) rose (c) knight

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. won
  3. buy
  4. male
  5. mist
  6. steal
  7. rose
  8. sail
  9. steel
  10. tale
  11. aloud
  12. blue
  13. pair
  14. won
  15. sea
  16. missed
  17. groan
  18. eight
  19. here
  20. here
  21. weight
  22. maid
  23. flour
  24. week
  25. write
  26. meet
  27. cell
  28. their
  29. waist
  30. bear
  31. plain
  32. brake
  33. rows
  34. missed
  35. hear
  36. plain
  37. tow
  38. ate
  39. aloud
  40. knight

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