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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 808 · 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 “ate”? (a) berry (b) eight (c) rows
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) by (b) ate (c) plain
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) weak (c) hole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) blue (b) their (c) steal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) there (c) right
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) bare (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) made (b) plane (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) write (c) steel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) break (b) rows (c) berry
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) knew (b) male (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) right (b) cell (c) rows
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) cell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) tail (b) their (c) new
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) won (b) blue (c) ate
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) sail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) hear (b) week (c) there
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) meet (b) buy (c) road
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) ate (c) plain
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) groan (c) night
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) son (c) night
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) blew (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) sea (c) berry
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) won (b) sell (c) berry
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) cell (c) tail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) meet (c) cell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) heel (b) flew (c) new
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) pear (b) male (c) tail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) eight (b) knot (c) waist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) bare (b) berry (c) passed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) see (c) bare
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) hole (c) write
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) berry (b) steal (c) buy
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) made (c) bear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) allowed (b) right (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) flu (b) maid (c) dear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) not (b) week (c) road
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) toe (b) sale (c) eight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) sell (b) heal (c) there
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) bear (b) know (c) by

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. plain
  3. grown
  4. steal
  5. tale
  6. groan
  7. one
  8. knot
  9. rows
  10. male
  11. cell
  12. sea
  13. their
  14. blue
  15. sail
  16. week
  17. buy
  18. male
  19. peace
  20. waste
  21. ate
  22. road
  23. ate
  24. sell
  25. pear
  26. rode
  27. new
  28. tail
  29. waist
  30. passed
  31. here
  32. berry
  33. buy
  34. bury
  35. waste
  36. maid
  37. road
  38. eight
  39. heal
  40. by

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