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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 234 · 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 “meet”? (a) rode (b) hole (c) meat
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) tow
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) waist (b) write (c) pair
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) plain (c) pair
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) hear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) wait (c) sun
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) meet (b) ate (c) mail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) aloud (b) week (c) plain
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) bury
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) knew (b) missed (c) dear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tow (b) meet (c) dear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sell (b) steal (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) heel (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) here (b) meat (c) aloud
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) meet (b) here (c) steal
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sun (b) berry (c) new
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) buy (c) knot
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) meet
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) made (c) their
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sun (b) here (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) plane (b) hole (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) son (b) see (c) brake
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) by (b) eight (c) sail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) ate (b) by (c) night
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) weak (b) road (c) plane
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) here (c) one
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) one (c) road
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) hear (c) bury
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) weak (b) tale (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) plain (b) sail (c) one
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) male (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) male (b) allowed (c) weak
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) deer (b) whole (c) break
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) steal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) know (b) write (c) maid
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) by (c) eight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) male (b) steal (c) peace
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) blew (b) there (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) brake (b) weight (c) eight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) new (c) right

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. tow
  3. write
  4. knew
  5. hear
  6. plane
  7. ate
  8. plain
  9. maid
  10. missed
  11. meet
  12. sale
  13. no
  14. aloud
  15. here
  16. berry
  17. see
  18. won
  19. bury
  20. here
  21. flour
  22. brake
  23. sail
  24. night
  25. road
  26. sun
  27. hole
  28. blue
  29. tale
  30. one
  31. rows
  32. allowed
  33. whole
  34. steal
  35. maid
  36. bare
  37. peace
  38. there
  39. eight
  40. knight

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