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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 800 · 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 “week”? (a) their (b) blue (c) weak
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) dear (b) new (c) right
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) blue (c) piece
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) aloud (b) steel (c) their
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) know (b) heel (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) meat (b) wait (c) steal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) not (b) here (c) cell
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) know (c) plane
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) not (b) weak (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) steal (c) mail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) their (b) bury (c) allowed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) allowed (b) write (c) made
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sell (b) groan (c) waist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) male (b) weak (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sun (b) missed (c) no
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) aloud (b) week (c) tow
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) past (b) one (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flu (b) passed (c) blew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) allowed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) knot
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) sun (c) rode
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) blue (b) groan (c) maid
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) buy (b) son (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) bear (b) flew (c) weight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) night (b) mail (c) eight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) knight (b) one (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tow (b) flour (c) blew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) flu (c) buy
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) see (b) son (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) meet (b) sun (c) there
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) new (b) write (c) cell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) blue (c) hear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) write (b) deer (c) there
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) write (c) missed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) passed (c) blue
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) rows (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) buy (b) waist (c) aloud
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) there (b) won (c) son
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) whole (b) hear (c) pear

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. new
  3. flew
  4. their
  5. bury
  6. steal
  7. here
  8. see
  9. pear
  10. pair
  11. allowed
  12. write
  13. waist
  14. knight
  15. no
  16. week
  17. won
  18. one
  19. blew
  20. wait
  21. knot
  22. aloud
  23. maid
  24. son
  25. weight
  26. eight
  27. one
  28. blew
  29. break
  30. son
  31. sun
  32. cell
  33. sail
  34. there
  35. rose
  36. sell
  37. buy
  38. waist
  39. won
  40. hear

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