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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 930 · 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 “pair”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) bare
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) past (b) week (c) cell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) piece (b) wait (c) sea
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) night (b) write (c) missed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) meet (b) waist (c) rode
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) wait (b) tale (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sail (b) by (c) deer
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) grown (c) son
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) tow (b) past (c) week
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) not (b) son (c) one
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) knot
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) groan (c) sell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) heal (b) flour (c) steal
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) son (b) sea (c) steal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) maid (c) blew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) new (b) tale (c) cell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) son (b) made (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) won
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) piece (c) heel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) waste (b) bear (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) sale (c) won
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) eight (b) male (c) one
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) knew (b) groan (c) by
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) weak
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) rode (b) knot (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) waste (b) there (c) piece
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) plain (b) heel (c) flew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) knew (c) blue
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bare (b) see (c) son
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) know (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) new (b) piece (c) weight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meet (b) sail (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) their (c) hole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knew (b) bear (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) groan (c) their
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) groan (c) steel
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flew (b) steel (c) plane
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) tail (b) berry (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) eight (c) made

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. week
  3. sea
  4. write
  5. rode
  6. tale
  7. by
  8. right
  9. week
  10. son
  11. blue
  12. weak
  13. flour
  14. steal
  15. male
  16. cell
  17. made
  18. maid
  19. passed
  20. knight
  21. bear
  22. meat
  23. one
  24. by
  25. weak
  26. weight
  27. piece
  28. flew
  29. maid
  30. see
  31. heal
  32. weight
  33. new
  34. rose
  35. bear
  36. knot
  37. male
  38. steel
  39. berry
  40. sail

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