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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 864 · 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 “heel”? (a) whole (b) meet (c) heal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) past
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) by (b) hole (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) groan (c) know
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) weight (b) break (c) grown
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) weight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) there (b) know (c) heel
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) rows (b) bear (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) blew (b) week (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) right (b) sell (c) made
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) steel (b) heel (c) sea
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) aloud (b) week (c) weight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) right (b) night (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) son (c) sale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) sun (b) bare (c) steel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) rows (b) week (c) won
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) aloud (b) hear (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) sale
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) bear (b) here (c) male
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) one (b) flu (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) eight (b) plane (c) see
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sun (b) waste (c) berry
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sun (b) flu (c) toe
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) see (c) no
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) dear (b) by (c) flu
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) weak (c) there
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) bear (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) pair (b) maid (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) bare (b) waist (c) hole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) by
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) brake (b) made (c) sun
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) one
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) groan (b) ate (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) night (b) no (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) won (c) bear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sun (b) brake (c) hole
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) aloud (b) waste (c) plane
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) night (b) won (c) tail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) there (b) ate (c) pair
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) whole

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. past
  3. waist
  4. eight
  5. break
  6. weight
  7. know
  8. mail
  9. new
  10. made
  11. heel
  12. week
  13. sale
  14. heal
  15. steel
  16. won
  17. hear
  18. sea
  19. here
  20. bury
  21. plane
  22. berry
  23. toe
  24. right
  25. by
  26. knot
  27. knight
  28. maid
  29. waist
  30. passed
  31. sun
  32. one
  33. mail
  34. dear
  35. whole
  36. hole
  37. waste
  38. won
  39. pair
  40. pair

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