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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 843 · 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 “see”? (a) blue (b) heel (c) sea
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) ate (b) cell (c) plain
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) passed (b) mail (c) week
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) meet (b) one (c) brake
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) road (b) new (c) one
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) knot (b) their (c) made
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) there (b) right (c) pear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) one (b) pair (c) tow
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knot (b) peace (c) meet
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) made (c) steel
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) weak (b) passed (c) sell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) whole (b) knew (c) past
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) hear (b) write (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) eight (b) sell (c) tale
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) flour (c) bear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) here (b) bare (c) mail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) weight (b) past (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) brake
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) toe (b) mail (c) flour
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) meet (b) tale (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flew (b) knight (c) steel
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) night (b) road (c) brake
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) eight (b) allowed (c) rows
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) rows (b) tow (c) missed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) know (c) dear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) week (b) tail (c) write
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) blew (c) week
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) blue (c) allowed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) see (b) hear (c) flour
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) mist (b) toe (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tail (b) waste (c) weak
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) there (c) meat
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) passed (b) buy (c) brake
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) here (b) week (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sea (c) heel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) night (b) there (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) know (b) dear (c) right
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) sell (c) knew

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. plain
  3. week
  4. brake
  5. new
  6. made
  7. pear
  8. pair
  9. meet
  10. son
  11. passed
  12. past
  13. write
  14. tale
  15. waist
  16. mail
  17. past
  18. grown
  19. flour
  20. their
  21. knight
  22. brake
  23. allowed
  24. blue
  25. missed
  26. male
  27. hole
  28. tail
  29. mist
  30. flu
  31. flour
  32. see
  33. weak
  34. blue
  35. buy
  36. week
  37. flu
  38. there
  39. right
  40. knot

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