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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 866 · 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 “write”? (a) dear (b) right (c) sell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) berry (b) waist (c) week
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) sea
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) bear (c) meat
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) weak
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) wait (b) tail (c) allowed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hear (b) allowed (c) son
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) no
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) not (c) allowed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) bury (b) whole (c) heel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) tale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) write (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) meat (c) weak
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) know (b) night (c) son
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) flour (b) sun (c) rows
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) wait (c) past
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) made (b) eight (c) rode
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) know (b) heel (c) dear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sale (b) meat (c) knight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) weak (c) waste
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) see (c) there
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) weak (b) past (c) sell
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rose (b) bare (c) pear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) right (c) bare
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) waist (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) ate (b) write (c) knew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) sale (c) deer
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) tow (b) maid (c) not
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sea (b) steal (c) piece
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) flower (b) one (c) weak
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) bury (b) hear (c) weight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) new (b) road (c) waist
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) right (b) bear (c) wait
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) write (b) brake (c) made
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) plain (b) heal (c) groan
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) eight (c) missed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) weak (b) made (c) rose
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) son (b) ate (c) pear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blew (b) allowed (c) new
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) week (c) waist

Answer key

  1. right
  2. week
  3. sea
  4. eight
  5. weak
  6. tail
  7. allowed
  8. sun
  9. new
  10. heel
  11. tale
  12. meat
  13. male
  14. night
  15. rows
  16. steel
  17. rode
  18. dear
  19. knight
  20. son
  21. no
  22. sell
  23. bare
  24. mail
  25. passed
  26. knew
  27. grown
  28. maid
  29. piece
  30. weak
  31. hear
  32. road
  33. bear
  34. made
  35. heal
  36. see
  37. rose
  38. pear
  39. allowed
  40. here

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