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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 829 · 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 “meet”? (a) meat (b) road (c) new
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) flour (c) sail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) ate
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) blew (c) ate
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) grown (b) sell (c) blew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) deer (b) flu (c) passed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) groan (c) steal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) right (b) see (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sell (b) groan (c) weak
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) plane (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) rode (b) mist (c) allowed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) knight (b) knew (c) brake
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) knew (c) missed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) new (c) sale
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) week (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) flew (b) brake (c) by
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) eight (c) waste
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) allowed (b) know (c) knot
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) one (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) blue (b) right (c) flower
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) pear (c) eight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) tail (b) bear (c) bury
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) made (b) no (c) eight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) steal (c) one
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) toe (b) sun (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) meat (b) heel (c) weak
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) cell (b) right (c) flu
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) tale (b) bury (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) their (c) tow
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rode (b) rows (c) blew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) missed (b) weak (c) here
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) hole (b) heal (c) night
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) grown (b) flour (c) waist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) waist (b) made (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) mist (c) knew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) meat (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) heal (b) past (c) week
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) sell (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) by (b) plane (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) sea (c) bear

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. tow
  3. weak
  4. grown
  5. sell
  6. flu
  7. bare
  8. hear
  9. groan
  10. blue
  11. allowed
  12. brake
  13. knight
  14. their
  15. maid
  16. by
  17. rows
  18. know
  19. maid
  20. right
  21. heel
  22. bury
  23. no
  24. by
  25. sun
  26. weak
  27. right
  28. mail
  29. knight
  30. blew
  31. here
  32. night
  33. waist
  34. made
  35. hole
  36. won
  37. past
  38. berry
  39. steal
  40. break

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