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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 853 · 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 “ate”? (a) hear (b) there (c) eight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) knot (b) sale (c) rose
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) knot (b) there (c) past
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) ate (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) heal (b) rode (c) waste
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) knight (b) their (c) peace
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flu (b) new (c) flour
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) road (b) male (c) weight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) dear (b) peace (c) by
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) tow (c) heel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) see (b) blue (c) rode
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) bury (b) sun (c) heal
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) aloud (b) knight (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) new (b) blue (c) sell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) know (b) berry (c) male
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tale (b) rode (c) not
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) hole (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) maid (b) knot (c) sail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) made (c) plane
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) toe (c) peace
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flew (b) buy (c) not
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) whole (b) ate (c) groan
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) allowed (c) piece
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) bury (b) mist (c) blue
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) right (c) groan
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) sea (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) steal (b) bear (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) allowed (b) flower (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) rode (b) aloud (c) toe
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) rode (b) new (c) made
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) know (b) maid (c) steel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) steel (c) flower
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) night (c) not
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) maid (c) their
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) brake
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) peace
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) not (b) no (c) night
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) son (b) waste (c) weak
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) grown (b) peace (c) flour

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. sale
  3. past
  4. heel
  5. waste
  6. their
  7. new
  8. weight
  9. by
  10. mail
  11. blue
  12. sun
  13. knight
  14. sell
  15. berry
  16. maid
  17. rode
  18. know
  19. sail
  20. flower
  21. won
  22. not
  23. groan
  24. right
  25. mist
  26. ate
  27. week
  28. bear
  29. flower
  30. toe
  31. new
  32. steel
  33. rose
  34. dear
  35. ate
  36. brake
  37. sell
  38. night
  39. weak
  40. flour

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