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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 258 · 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 “rode”? (a) mist (b) road (c) pear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) blew (b) whole (c) night
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) there (c) pair
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) here (c) steel
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meet (b) know (c) male
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) no (b) wait (c) sea
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) week (b) road (c) bear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) know (b) knot (c) bury
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) sell (b) heel (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) deer
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) heel (b) here (c) knew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sea (b) week (c) aloud
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) maid (b) waist (c) steel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) weight (b) tail (c) aloud
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) no (b) pair (c) heel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) flew (c) right
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) cell (c) rose
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) mist (b) sun (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) there (b) ate (c) deer
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) knew (b) see (c) blue
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) bare (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) heal (b) hole (c) their
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) knight (b) write (c) berry
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) knight (b) weight (c) know
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) right (b) heel (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sea (b) sale (c) steal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) buy (b) weak (c) new
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) allowed (b) hole (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) write (b) bare (c) knot
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) waste (b) see (c) mist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) waste
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) flew (b) toe (c) deer
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blue (b) see (c) rode
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) mist (c) week
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) son (c) meet
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) bear (b) not (c) won
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) bury (c) blew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) night (c) there
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) piece (b) flower (c) knew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) toe (b) steel (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. road
  2. night
  3. bare
  4. male
  5. male
  6. wait
  7. bear
  8. knot
  9. missed
  10. meat
  11. knew
  12. week
  13. waist
  14. aloud
  15. pair
  16. sail
  17. sun
  18. sun
  19. deer
  20. see
  21. steal
  22. their
  23. berry
  24. weight
  25. heel
  26. sale
  27. new
  28. hole
  29. bare
  30. see
  31. waste
  32. deer
  33. rode
  34. eight
  35. here
  36. won
  37. past
  38. brake
  39. flower
  40. allowed

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