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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 172 · 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 “pair”? (a) made (b) blew (c) pear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) right (b) groan (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) ate (b) piece (c) rose
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) write (b) one (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sun (b) waist (c) rose
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) right
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) heal (c) allowed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) mail (b) brake (c) steel
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) knew (b) tale (c) ate
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) here (c) meet
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) grown (b) new (c) waste
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) meat (b) buy (c) night
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) steel (b) flour (c) waist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) plane
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) rose (c) made
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) their (b) maid (c) write
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) tale (b) ate (c) blue
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) piece (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) tail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) made (c) groan
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) by (c) tail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) sale (b) mist (c) cell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) piece
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) week (c) knew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) waist (b) cell (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) here (b) their (c) night
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) won (c) plane
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sea (b) made (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) brake (c) knight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) there (b) plane (c) right
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) knew (b) sale (c) right
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) grown (c) pair
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) sell (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) allowed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) won (b) sea (c) hear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) aloud (b) here (c) heel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) past (c) meet
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) hear (c) pair
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) past (b) meet (c) aloud

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. groan
  3. piece
  4. berry
  5. rose
  6. blue
  7. dear
  8. steel
  9. tale
  10. sail
  11. new
  12. buy
  13. flour
  14. plane
  15. know
  16. write
  17. ate
  18. pair
  19. tail
  20. see
  21. sail
  22. bear
  23. mist
  24. piece
  25. one
  26. no
  27. their
  28. maid
  29. made
  30. steel
  31. right
  32. sale
  33. flower
  34. knight
  35. allowed
  36. sea
  37. here
  38. flew
  39. knight
  40. meet

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