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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 875 · 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 “made”? (a) grown (b) maid (c) flew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) maid (c) not
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) write (c) bear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) blew (b) know (c) weight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) pair (b) break (c) meat
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) rode (b) tail (c) pair
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) male (b) road (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) mist (b) past (c) flour
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) peace (b) whole (c) mail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) tow (b) sell (c) sea
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) brake (b) won (c) know
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) bear (c) flu
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) there (c) steel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) knight (b) wait (c) flower
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) break (b) plain (c) toe
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) whole (b) waste (c) week
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) cell (b) night (c) knot
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) eight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) missed (b) week (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) bare (b) road (c) blew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) son (b) meet (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) here (b) dear (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) won (b) wait (c) pear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flew (b) piece (c) sell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) whole (b) past (c) their
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sea (b) their (c) deer
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) peace (b) ate (c) plain
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) waist (b) heel (c) maid
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) pair (c) meet
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) ate (b) male (c) brake
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) plain (b) their (c) one
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) rows (b) by (c) cell
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) week (b) passed (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tail (b) knew (c) allowed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flu (b) knew (c) no
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) road (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) passed (c) maid

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. right
  3. here
  4. know
  5. break
  6. tail
  7. passed
  8. road
  9. flour
  10. whole
  11. sea
  12. won
  13. week
  14. sun
  15. wait
  16. toe
  17. waste
  18. night
  19. eight
  20. week
  21. missed
  22. blew
  23. meet
  24. there
  25. pear
  26. sell
  27. past
  28. their
  29. ate
  30. maid
  31. flew
  32. male
  33. meat
  34. their
  35. cell
  36. passed
  37. allowed
  38. knew
  39. there
  40. write

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