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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. pair
  3. brake
  4. made
  5. night
  6. meet
  7. pear
  8. groan
  9. flu
  10. bare
  11. road
  12. past
  13. ate
  14. blew
  15. ate
  16. rose
  17. one
  18. cell
  19. flu
  20. groan
  21. pear
  22. heal
  23. peace
  24. plane
  25. meat
  26. there
  27. piece
  28. meet
  29. son
  30. see
  31. waist
  32. plane
  33. know
  34. won
  35. bury
  36. maid
  37. deer
  38. rows
  39. won
  40. mist

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