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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 255 · 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 “road”? (a) knot (b) rode (c) deer
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) road (b) their (c) meet
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) no (b) there (c) plane
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) wait (b) plane (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) wait (c) meet
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) road (c) pair
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) made (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) hole (b) sell (c) maid
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) made (c) tail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flu (b) pear (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) pear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) toe (b) made (c) one
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) berry (c) ate
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) by (b) sun (c) maid
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) waste (c) plain
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) toe
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) flu
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) made (b) rode (c) buy
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) their (b) buy (c) aloud
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) knight (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) steal (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sun (b) there (c) berry
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) grown
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) meat (b) there (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) bear (b) buy (c) rode
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) tail (b) one (c) hole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) plain (c) bare
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) week
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) new (b) steel (c) knight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) there (c) rows
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) missed (b) berry (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) son (b) made (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) mail (b) road (c) bear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) break (b) tow (c) knot
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) won (c) waste
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) knew (b) berry (c) heel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) sale (b) their (c) allowed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) plane (b) blew (c) flew

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. meet
  3. plane
  4. past
  5. bury
  6. week
  7. flower
  8. flu
  9. sell
  10. sea
  11. pear
  12. rose
  13. made
  14. their
  15. sun
  16. won
  17. piece
  18. grown
  19. buy
  20. aloud
  21. by
  22. tow
  23. there
  24. pair
  25. there
  26. buy
  27. hole
  28. sale
  29. passed
  30. steel
  31. steal
  32. berry
  33. made
  34. bear
  35. tow
  36. allowed
  37. plane
  38. heel
  39. allowed
  40. flew

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