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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 110 · 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 “plane”? (a) groan (b) passed (c) plain
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bare (b) there (c) not
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) son (c) meat
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) weak (c) sea
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) weight (b) break (c) won
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) dear (b) weak (c) bury
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) missed (b) eight (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) aloud (c) see
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) passed (b) cell (c) toe
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) allowed (c) made
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) hear (b) rose (c) toe
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) male (c) knot
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) missed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) ate (c) night
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) tail (c) wait
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) hole
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) one (b) heal (c) maid
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) pair
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) pear (b) eight (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rose (b) rode (c) know
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) knight (b) week (c) steel
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) tale
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) hear (b) won (c) tale
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) knight (c) knew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) waist (b) by (c) won
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) steel (b) groan (c) plane
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) no (b) sail (c) male
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) missed (b) sell (c) weight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) see (b) there (c) flu
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) passed (b) bury (c) road
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) rose (b) night (c) steal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) hole (b) toe (c) flu
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) sail (c) made
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) hole (b) toe (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) see
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) road (b) sail (c) waste
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) right (b) missed (c) made
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) heel (b) see (c) eight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) hole (b) waste (c) mail

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. there
  3. peace
  4. mail
  5. break
  6. weak
  7. meet
  8. hole
  9. cell
  10. new
  11. rose
  12. rows
  13. missed
  14. meet
  15. allowed
  16. mail
  17. heal
  18. pair
  19. son
  20. rode
  21. week
  22. hear
  23. tale
  24. missed
  25. by
  26. plane
  27. male
  28. weight
  29. flu
  30. bury
  31. steal
  32. flu
  33. ate
  34. plain
  35. grown
  36. aloud
  37. waste
  38. made
  39. see
  40. waste

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