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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 155 · 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 “road”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) sell (b) tail (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) blew (c) grown
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) waste (b) their (c) male
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) peace (b) hole (c) knot
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) one (b) new (c) night
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) night (b) pear (c) week
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) heal (b) pear (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) week (b) dear (c) plain
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) right (b) steel (c) rose
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) dear (b) meet (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) steel (c) their
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) blue
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) write (c) weak
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) made (c) there
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) waist (c) whole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) new (b) not (c) steal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) tail (b) wait (c) piece
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) maid (b) blue (c) piece
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) here
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) knot (b) allowed (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bear (b) one (c) deer
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) heal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) see (b) dear (c) aloud
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) made (b) rose (c) break
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) peace (c) steal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) piece (b) made (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) blue (b) heel (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sale (b) past (c) deer
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) steel (b) pair (c) weight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) hole (b) brake (c) see
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) mail (b) steal (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rows (b) groan (c) sun
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) heal (b) knight (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) steal (c) flew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) plane (c) by
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sale (b) knight (c) tow
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) plain (b) meat (c) week
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) dear (c) past
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) brake (b) toe (c) sea

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. son
  3. sun
  4. male
  5. hole
  6. new
  7. pear
  8. pear
  9. plain
  10. rose
  11. meet
  12. sale
  13. steel
  14. hear
  15. dear
  16. write
  17. steal
  18. wait
  19. piece
  20. waste
  21. hole
  22. deer
  23. aloud
  24. dear
  25. break
  26. bare
  27. knew
  28. heel
  29. past
  30. pair
  31. see
  32. see
  33. sun
  34. knight
  35. whole
  36. bury
  37. tow
  38. meat
  39. tail
  40. sea

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