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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 173 · 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 “male”? (a) eight (b) aloud (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bear (b) meat (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) brake (b) no (c) allowed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) break (b) son (c) plane
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) maid (b) here (c) pair
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) berry
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) write (c) plane
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) knew (b) piece (c) flower
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) flour
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) right (b) no (c) sail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) son (b) meet (c) night
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) bear (b) no (c) right
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) brake (c) missed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) road (b) not (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) there (b) past (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) toe (b) won (c) knew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) break (b) hole (c) write
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) tow (b) plain (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) there (b) deer (c) steel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) plane (b) peace (c) pear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tale (b) weak (c) piece
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) knight (b) won (c) missed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) eight (b) peace (c) tale
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) mist (b) tale (c) waste
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) blew (c) here
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) wait (b) tail (c) male
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) new (b) cell (c) rows
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) here (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) buy (b) bear (c) weight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) tow (b) their (c) weak
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) peace (b) toe (c) here
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) here (b) deer (c) flower
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) blew (c) toe
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) knew (b) write (c) heal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) blue (b) here (c) berry
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) whole (b) waste (c) son
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) mail (b) knew (c) hole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) plain (c) son
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) hear (b) night (c) passed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) peace (b) their (c) sun

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. meat
  3. no
  4. son
  5. pair
  6. aloud
  7. plane
  8. flower
  9. flour
  10. no
  11. meet
  12. right
  13. blue
  14. not
  15. hear
  16. won
  17. hole
  18. know
  19. deer
  20. peace
  21. weak
  22. won
  23. tale
  24. tale
  25. break
  26. male
  27. cell
  28. peace
  29. bear
  30. weak
  31. here
  32. flower
  33. weight
  34. heal
  35. berry
  36. waste
  37. hole
  38. their
  39. night
  40. their

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