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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 850 · 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 “male”? (a) ate (b) mail (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) one (c) rose
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) missed (b) meet (c) week
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) knew (b) plain (c) weak
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) sun (b) male (c) new
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) blue (b) road (c) mail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) night (c) past
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) pair (b) break (c) grown
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) night (b) weak (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) mail (b) knight (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) waste (c) there
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) no (b) groan (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) there (b) past (c) made
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) steal (b) hole (c) berry
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) made (c) allowed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) toe (c) break
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flour (b) see (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) plane (c) maid
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) see (c) mist
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) male (b) son (c) waste
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) one (b) peace (c) there
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) toe (b) won (c) knew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) write (b) there (c) missed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) right (b) flower (c) plain
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) past (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) passed (b) won (c) sell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) knot (c) break
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) one (b) meet (c) peace
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) steal (b) ate (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sea (b) new (c) flour
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) buy (c) here
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) tale
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) aloud (b) week (c) sun
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) by (b) blew (c) flu
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) night (b) road (c) missed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sun (b) deer (c) hear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) weak (b) heel (c) mist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) buy (c) grown
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) ate (b) pear (c) whole

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. sale
  3. week
  4. weak
  5. male
  6. mail
  7. cell
  8. grown
  9. passed
  10. knight
  11. right
  12. groan
  13. past
  14. hole
  15. sell
  16. allowed
  17. sea
  18. blew
  19. plane
  20. write
  21. waste
  22. there
  23. won
  24. missed
  25. plain
  26. steal
  27. sell
  28. toe
  29. peace
  30. flour
  31. new
  32. ate
  33. tale
  34. sun
  35. flu
  36. missed
  37. hear
  38. mist
  39. son
  40. pear

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