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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 191 · 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 “made”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) week
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) heel (b) blue (c) mail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) right
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) pair (b) past (c) steal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) brake (b) plane (c) not
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) past (b) see (c) sell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) meet (b) write (c) cell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sell (b) pear (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) male
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) steal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) won (b) groan (c) sail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) here
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) pear (b) weight (c) rows
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meet (b) male (c) cell
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) son (b) berry (c) missed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) steal (b) flu (c) heel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sell (b) bear (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) new (b) hear (c) rode
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) road (c) ate
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) male (b) steel (c) peace
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) pear (c) hear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) peace (c) won
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) ate (b) tale (c) whole
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) bear (b) sale (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) one (b) here (c) eight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) sea (c) one
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) rose (b) by (c) dear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) their (b) missed (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) tale (c) flew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) night (c) sea
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) sun (c) heal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) by (c) eight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) weight (b) bear (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flour (b) there (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) rows (b) waste (c) there
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) piece (b) flour (c) plain
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) son
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) meat (c) tale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) night (b) flour (c) knew

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. mail
  3. meet
  4. past
  5. not
  6. see
  7. write
  8. hear
  9. male
  10. flower
  11. sail
  12. rows
  13. weight
  14. male
  15. missed
  16. flu
  17. bear
  18. rode
  19. know
  20. peace
  21. maid
  22. bury
  23. whole
  24. sea
  25. eight
  26. plane
  27. dear
  28. blue
  29. meat
  30. weight
  31. tale
  32. made
  33. new
  34. knew
  35. there
  36. flour
  37. sea
  38. heal
  39. buy
  40. flour

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