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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 828 · 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 “buy”? (a) night (b) hear (c) by
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) plane
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) there (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) maid (b) here (c) knight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) allowed (b) past (c) groan
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) groan (b) pear (c) made
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flower (b) see (c) ate
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) there (b) sale (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) berry (b) flour (c) tail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) deer (b) heal (c) sell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) see
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) brake (c) hear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) no (b) grown (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) bury (b) aloud (c) weight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) heel (c) waist
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) heel (b) allowed (c) steel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) ate
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) night (b) aloud (c) road
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) not (c) brake
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) plain (b) waist (c) road
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) eight (b) break (c) grown
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) flour (c) bear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) male (c) missed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) male (b) steal (c) sail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) ate (c) knot
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) buy (b) week (c) maid
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) new (b) blue (c) here
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) know (b) waist (c) past
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) brake (c) blew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) grown
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) rows (c) mist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) knew (b) maid (c) sea
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) heel (b) their (c) hear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) male (b) allowed (c) son
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) know (c) past
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) maid (b) cell (c) night
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) knew (b) mail (c) pear

Answer key

  1. by
  2. plane
  3. meat
  4. heel
  5. knight
  6. past
  7. pear
  8. ate
  9. right
  10. flour
  11. sell
  12. meat
  13. blue
  14. passed
  15. sale
  16. weight
  17. break
  18. allowed
  19. mist
  20. aloud
  21. sun
  22. road
  23. break
  24. sun
  25. hear
  26. tail
  27. sail
  28. sea
  29. maid
  30. here
  31. waist
  32. night
  33. bare
  34. whole
  35. maid
  36. their
  37. allowed
  38. weight
  39. night
  40. mail

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