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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 870 · 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 “meat”? (a) mail (b) meet (c) waist
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) past (b) waist (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sale (b) break (c) weak
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) knew (b) hole (c) mist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) break (b) deer (c) groan
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) allowed (c) night
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) bury (b) maid (c) here
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) tale (b) berry (c) wait
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) pear (b) flew (c) knot
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) rose (b) peace (c) brake
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) knot (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) plane (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) piece
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) past (c) piece
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) grown (b) rows (c) hole
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) plain (b) allowed (c) waste
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blew (b) pair (c) cell
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) male (b) passed (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) pear (c) made
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) mist (b) write (c) groan
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flour (b) past (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) see
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) sail (b) flu (c) steel
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sail (b) past (c) aloud
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) eight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) tail (b) blew (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) son (c) plain
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) deer (b) waist (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) right (b) sea (c) night
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) bury (c) know
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) by (b) whole (c) sail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) made
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) allowed (c) pair
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) meet (b) passed (c) eight
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) heal (b) meet (c) steal
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) break (c) made
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) deer (b) peace (c) eight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) ate (c) steel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) maid

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. here
  3. weak
  4. buy
  5. mist
  6. deer
  7. know
  8. maid
  9. berry
  10. flew
  11. brake
  12. see
  13. won
  14. piece
  15. night
  16. hole
  17. allowed
  18. cell
  19. tale
  20. meet
  21. write
  22. groan
  23. toe
  24. flu
  25. past
  26. rode
  27. blew
  28. weight
  29. waist
  30. night
  31. knot
  32. whole
  33. knight
  34. bear
  35. passed
  36. steal
  37. sell
  38. eight
  39. deer
  40. knew

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