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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 838 · 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 “their”? (a) heel (b) no (c) there
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) flu (c) pear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) know (b) pair (c) knot
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) dear (b) plane (c) blue
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) plane (b) flower (c) berry
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sea (b) one (c) toe
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) rose (b) by (c) grown
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) waste (b) sea (c) their
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) no (c) here
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) blew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) maid (b) weak (c) eight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) no (b) sea (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) weight (b) male (c) dear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) hear (b) passed (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hear (b) son (c) missed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) new
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) berry (b) heal (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) brake (c) pear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) weak (c) flew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) ate
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) see (b) sell (c) son
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) deer (b) right (c) flower
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) write (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) ate (b) won (c) meet
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) sail (c) maid
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) see (b) knot (c) mist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) waste (c) blew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) plane
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) road (b) bare (c) here
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) knight (b) see (c) one
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) grown
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) week (b) know (c) whole
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) buy (b) maid (c) plain
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) weak (c) grown
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) bare (b) break (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) waist (b) no (c) weight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) rows (b) flower (c) whole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) mist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) allowed (b) their (c) by
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) steal (b) sale (c) buy

Answer key

  1. there
  2. waste
  3. knot
  4. plane
  5. berry
  6. one
  7. grown
  8. their
  9. tail
  10. blew
  11. weak
  12. sale
  13. male
  14. passed
  15. missed
  16. waist
  17. heal
  18. knight
  19. break
  20. ate
  21. son
  22. right
  23. flew
  24. meet
  25. won
  26. mist
  27. blew
  28. berry
  29. bare
  30. one
  31. sea
  32. whole
  33. maid
  34. road
  35. mail
  36. weight
  37. whole
  38. brake
  39. their
  40. buy

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