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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 857 · 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) night (b) one (c) cell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) weight (b) blue (c) sea
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) right (b) past (c) sea
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) steal (c) deer
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) meat (b) right (c) bear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) rose (c) plane
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) maid (b) knight (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) maid (b) tale (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) blew (b) knew (c) mist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) by (b) knew (c) deer
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) bear (c) heal
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) waist (c) heel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) there (b) by (c) blue
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) plane (b) missed (c) berry
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) knot (c) peace
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) tow (b) heel (c) not
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) blue (b) see (c) know
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) no (c) made
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) son (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) missed (b) their (c) break
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) blue (b) waist (c) new
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) write (b) weak (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) here (b) sea (c) meat
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) eight (b) son (c) toe
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) meat (c) made
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) meat (b) flour (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) no (c) waste
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) piece (b) sea (c) waste
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) past (c) tale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) flew (b) bury (c) heel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) knot (b) sail (c) rose
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) maid (b) eight (c) buy
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) steel (b) there (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) knot (b) aloud (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sale (b) male (c) their
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) right (b) no (c) waist
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) bear (c) maid
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) waist (b) mail (c) steel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) hear (c) plane

Answer key

  1. one
  2. blue
  3. sea
  4. plain
  5. right
  6. flew
  7. sale
  8. tale
  9. knew
  10. deer
  11. tail
  12. mail
  13. road
  14. by
  15. berry
  16. bury
  17. not
  18. know
  19. flour
  20. groan
  21. break
  22. waist
  23. wait
  24. meat
  25. toe
  26. steel
  27. no
  28. allowed
  29. waste
  30. ate
  31. heel
  32. rose
  33. eight
  34. there
  35. aloud
  36. male
  37. waist
  38. meat
  39. steel
  40. whole

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