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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 841 · 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 “won”? (a) heel (b) flower (c) one
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) dear (b) night (c) aloud
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) blew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) not (b) week (c) here
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) past
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) road (b) missed (c) here
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) hole
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flower (c) know
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) meat (b) wait (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sail (b) won (c) new
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) steal (c) piece
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) groan (b) week (c) cell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) weak (b) tale (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) buy (c) heal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) male (c) sail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) rose (b) bare (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) rode (b) maid (c) won
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) know (b) blew (c) past
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) here (b) knight (c) rode
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) wait (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) rode (b) aloud (c) sell
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) passed (b) tow (c) blue
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) mist (b) their (c) knight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) weak (b) meat (c) made
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) right (b) maid (c) hear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) new (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) ate (b) whole (c) peace
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) see
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) write
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) sun (c) whole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) night (b) bury (c) mist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) dear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sell (b) break (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) write (b) know (c) meat
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) grown (b) aloud (c) weak
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) buy (b) peace (c) bury
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) missed (c) tale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) mist (b) know (c) deer
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) one (b) berry (c) brake

Answer key

  1. one
  2. aloud
  3. blew
  4. week
  5. mist
  6. here
  7. rode
  8. plain
  9. wait
  10. won
  11. deer
  12. cell
  13. meet
  14. piece
  15. sun
  16. weight
  17. buy
  18. won
  19. past
  20. knight
  21. peace
  22. aloud
  23. tow
  24. knight
  25. made
  26. maid
  27. waist
  28. whole
  29. sell
  30. pair
  31. waste
  32. mist
  33. dear
  34. break
  35. meat
  36. weak
  37. bury
  38. rode
  39. know
  40. berry

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