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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 114 · 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 “hole”? (a) whole (b) waste (c) one
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) blew (b) cell (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) made
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) allowed (c) brake
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) knot (b) hear (c) pear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) rows (b) blue (c) buy
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) past
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flower (b) whole (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) peace (b) flew (c) week
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) knot (c) brake
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) mist (b) blue (c) made
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) pair
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) heal (b) meat (c) knight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) blew (b) tail (c) flour
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) pair (b) wait (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) sun (c) here
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) hole
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) hear (b) their (c) knew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) knot (b) mist (c) meet
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) hear (b) dear (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) flu (b) male (c) sale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) blew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) deer (b) weight (c) there
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) new (c) rose
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) new (b) steel (c) rows
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) piece (c) break
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) cell (c) hear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flour (b) buy (c) tail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) sell (b) passed (c) aloud
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) pear (b) knight (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) allowed
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) rose (b) write (c) waste
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) ate (c) grown
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) rode
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) hear (b) tow (c) no
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) right (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) know (b) flour (c) grown
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sale (b) blew (c) sea
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) bury (c) buy
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knot (b) week (c) won

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. pair
  3. knot
  4. tale
  5. hear
  6. blue
  7. maid
  8. whole
  9. week
  10. pear
  11. made
  12. piece
  13. knight
  14. tail
  15. right
  16. passed
  17. meet
  18. their
  19. mist
  20. dear
  21. male
  22. blew
  23. weight
  24. son
  25. steel
  26. steal
  27. heal
  28. tail
  29. aloud
  30. knight
  31. allowed
  32. write
  33. write
  34. rode
  35. tow
  36. mist
  37. grown
  38. blew
  39. grown
  40. won

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