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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 801 · 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) hole (b) ate (c) weak
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tale (b) cell (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) by (b) weak (c) write
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) mail (c) toe
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) no (b) sea (c) steel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) sell (c) tail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) groan (b) tale (c) sea
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) grown (c) aloud
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) allowed (b) right (c) night
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) mail (c) steal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) heal (b) passed (c) son
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) pear (b) toe (c) heal
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) tale (b) grown (c) bear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) heel (b) pear (c) blue
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) one (c) allowed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) flour (b) here (c) see
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) meet (b) tow (c) steel
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) bury
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) heal (b) no (c) bury
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) one (b) there (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) maid (b) mail (c) not
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) rode (c) meat
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sell (b) new (c) won
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) right (b) not (c) flu
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sell (b) bare (c) mail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) toe (b) sell (c) ate
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) flour (b) peace (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) flower (b) there (c) by
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) week (b) pear (c) maid
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) heel (b) right (c) know
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) bare
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) flower (b) break (c) groan
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) meet (b) plain (c) knot
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) brake (c) maid
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) eight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) heal (b) missed (c) flu
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sun (b) sale (c) knew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) their (b) heal (c) blew
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) plane

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. one
  3. write
  4. won
  5. steel
  6. here
  7. tale
  8. write
  9. night
  10. break
  11. son
  12. heal
  13. grown
  14. pear
  15. knight
  16. here
  17. tow
  18. aloud
  19. bury
  20. whole
  21. mail
  22. waist
  23. new
  24. not
  25. bare
  26. ate
  27. peace
  28. by
  29. pear
  30. know
  31. bare
  32. break
  33. knot
  34. no
  35. flour
  36. flu
  37. sale
  38. groan
  39. blew
  40. plane

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