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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 138 · 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 “aloud”? (a) sea (b) allowed (c) their
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) weak (b) knew (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sail (b) not (c) rows
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) heel (c) made
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) one (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) tail (b) waste (c) heel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) blew (b) sell (c) road
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) maid (b) waist (c) flower
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) waist (c) plane
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) pear (b) there (c) see
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) won (b) not (c) new
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) peace
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) passed (b) write (c) blew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) no (b) wait (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) bury (b) know (c) mist
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) one (b) toe (c) tale
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sell (b) steal (c) pear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sell (b) new (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) piece (b) there (c) knew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) blew (b) steal (c) no
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) new (b) tail (c) ate
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flew (b) mist (c) eight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) pear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) steel (b) mail (c) bare
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) flu (c) heal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) plane (b) allowed (c) meat
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) knew (c) not
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) ate (c) right
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) here (b) steel (c) know
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) flower (c) rode
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) week (c) heel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) blew (b) flour (c) berry
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) blew (b) male (c) whole
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) deer (b) not (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) here (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) bare (b) allowed (c) sun
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) heal (b) flu (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) hole (b) know (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) here (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) tail (b) knot (c) son

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. toe
  3. not
  4. hole
  5. tow
  6. waste
  7. road
  8. flower
  9. flour
  10. see
  11. not
  12. ate
  13. write
  14. heel
  15. mist
  16. tale
  17. pear
  18. new
  19. knew
  20. no
  21. tail
  22. eight
  23. pear
  24. bare
  25. meat
  26. allowed
  27. mail
  28. steel
  29. know
  30. new
  31. there
  32. berry
  33. whole
  34. blue
  35. bear
  36. sun
  37. mail
  38. know
  39. heel
  40. son

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