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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 861 · 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) knight (b) past (c) eight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) dear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) maid (b) pear (c) tail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) aloud (b) see (c) there
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) waist (c) whole
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) deer (b) their (c) ate
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) pear (b) cell (c) road
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) night (c) meet
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) missed (c) not
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) buy (b) weak (c) no
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) their (b) mist (c) male
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) mist (b) heel (c) knew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) heal (b) ate (c) plane
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) aloud (b) tow (c) flower
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) tale (b) berry (c) past
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) week (b) knew (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) hole (b) buy (c) eight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) peace (b) one (c) weight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) piece (b) bear (c) write
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) won (b) flour (c) past
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flu (b) allowed (c) waist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) tail (b) sell (c) sail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) road (b) tail (c) missed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) write (b) plane (c) sea
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) night (c) no
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) hole (b) know (c) past
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) rows (b) rode (c) flew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sea (b) steal (c) blue
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) meet (b) knew (c) rows
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) flew (c) grown
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) buy (c) male
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) eight (b) by (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) allowed (b) son (c) break
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) heel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) by (b) heal (c) write
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) maid
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) meat (b) rose (c) sea

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. blue
  3. maid
  4. pear
  5. see
  6. wait
  7. mail
  8. ate
  9. road
  10. rode
  11. one
  12. weak
  13. male
  14. knew
  15. ate
  16. flower
  17. berry
  18. flour
  19. buy
  20. weight
  21. peace
  22. write
  23. past
  24. waist
  25. sell
  26. tail
  27. plane
  28. meet
  29. know
  30. flew
  31. blue
  32. knew
  33. toe
  34. road
  35. by
  36. break
  37. bury
  38. heal
  39. allowed
  40. sea

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