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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 92 · 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 “road”? (a) weight (b) son (c) rode
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) peace (b) weight (c) hole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) ate (b) write (c) weak
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) passed (b) plain (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) weight (b) road (c) sale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bare (b) know (c) maid
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) meat (b) cell (c) here
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) plain
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) heal (b) sail (c) bury
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) not (b) by (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) rows (b) missed (c) new
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) write (b) new (c) grown
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) rose (b) past (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) weak (b) waist (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) mist (b) hear (c) heel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) week (b) weight (c) no
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) break (b) steal (c) grown
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) toe (b) blew (c) waste
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) grown (b) road (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) maid (b) cell (c) blue
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) brake (b) tale (c) grown
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) waist (b) hole (c) piece
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) rose (c) eight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) right (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) one (b) write (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) past (b) rose (c) cell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) son (b) blue (c) berry
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) won (b) meet (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) heel (c) eight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) here (c) know
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) tow (b) steel (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) sail (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) by (b) not (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) weak (c) steel
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) weak (b) pair (c) know
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) grown (c) made
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flew (b) not (c) tow
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) here (b) deer (c) sea
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) here (c) by

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. weight
  3. write
  4. plain
  5. sale
  6. maid
  7. here
  8. pear
  9. sail
  10. by
  11. new
  12. grown
  13. past
  14. heel
  15. waist
  16. hear
  17. no
  18. grown
  19. waste
  20. right
  21. cell
  22. tale
  23. piece
  24. knight
  25. sail
  26. weight
  27. cell
  28. berry
  29. meet
  30. flower
  31. steal
  32. knight
  33. eight
  34. sell
  35. sun
  36. know
  37. weak
  38. tow
  39. sea
  40. knew

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