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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 24 · 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 “weight”? (a) new (b) rode (c) wait
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) knot (b) grown (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) pear (b) break (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) tow (b) bury (c) sail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) buy (b) pair (c) hear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) new (c) bear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) waist (b) mail (c) aloud
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) sail (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) passed (b) rows (c) tow
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) aloud (b) pair (c) road
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) toe (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) tail (b) write (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bear (b) maid (c) groan
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) weight (b) groan (c) write
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flu (b) their (c) bare
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rows (b) bare (c) male
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) passed (c) new
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) toe (b) meat (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) sun (b) ate (c) berry
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) one
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) knew (c) week
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) hole (b) plane (c) made
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) tail (c) week
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) knot (c) heel
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) berry (b) heal (c) eight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) blue (b) knew (c) right
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) groan (b) aloud (c) peace
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) made (b) blue (c) won
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) past (b) groan (c) mist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) rode (c) flower
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) allowed (b) toe (c) meat
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) peace (c) night
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) plane (b) bear (c) pear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) see (b) plane (c) knight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) grown (b) sell (c) tail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) rows (c) blue
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) made (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) mist (b) knight (c) waist

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. here
  3. break
  4. sail
  5. hear
  6. bury
  7. mail
  8. male
  9. rows
  10. road
  11. heel
  12. passed
  13. maid
  14. write
  15. their
  16. bare
  17. blue
  18. meat
  19. dear
  20. ate
  21. sea
  22. deer
  23. plane
  24. knot
  25. weight
  26. eight
  27. knew
  28. aloud
  29. won
  30. mist
  31. won
  32. meat
  33. dear
  34. heal
  35. pear
  36. plane
  37. tail
  38. flower
  39. missed
  40. waist

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