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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 166 · 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 “rose”? (a) here (b) ate (c) rows
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) pair (b) berry (c) steel
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) write
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) ate (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) past
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) waist (c) sail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) waste (b) rode (c) flew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) there (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) male (b) made (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) mist (b) no (c) won
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) blew (b) son (c) ate
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) aloud (b) sell (c) their
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) steal (b) not (c) heel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) son (c) knew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) deer (b) bury (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tail (b) blew (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) no (c) heel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) groan (b) bare (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) not (c) tail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) by (c) meat
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) whole (b) tow (c) mist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) eight (b) mail (c) sun
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rose (b) knew (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) heel (b) won (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) rode (b) deer (c) flew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) ate (b) passed (c) deer
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) deer (b) write (c) knot
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) plain (b) pair (c) new
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sale (b) hear (c) there
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tail (b) knight (c) here
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) heal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) son (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) weak (c) waist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) whole (c) waist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) tale (c) bear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sale (b) flew (c) brake
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) plain (b) mail (c) night
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) rose (b) sea (c) dear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) night (c) heal

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. steel
  3. rows
  4. flu
  5. bury
  6. past
  7. no
  8. rode
  9. wait
  10. made
  11. won
  12. son
  13. their
  14. heel
  15. tale
  16. bury
  17. blew
  18. weight
  19. bare
  20. rose
  21. no
  22. tow
  23. sun
  24. knew
  25. meat
  26. deer
  27. passed
  28. knot
  29. new
  30. there
  31. here
  32. allowed
  33. right
  34. sail
  35. heal
  36. not
  37. brake
  38. night
  39. sea
  40. bear

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