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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 266 · 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 “rode”? (a) road (b) mail (c) heal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) rose (b) berry (c) maid
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) meat (c) week
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) hear (b) mail (c) dear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) road (b) wait (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) blew (c) not
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) sail (c) aloud
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) passed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) right (b) there (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) week
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) break (b) meat (c) there
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) hear (c) flour
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) blew (b) toe (c) deer
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sun (b) rows (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sell (b) not (c) knew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) bury (c) rode
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) rode (b) sale (c) heal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) weak
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) bear (b) there (c) pair
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) toe (b) dear (c) here
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) road (b) blue (c) wait
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) blew (c) meet
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) break
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) one (c) waste
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) night (b) berry (c) week
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) rode (b) groan (c) no
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) whole (b) bury (c) write
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sea (b) one (c) missed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) rose (b) won (c) sun
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) ate (c) flour
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) steal (c) waste
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) rode (b) steal (c) allowed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) toe (b) see (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) steal (b) rode (c) flew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) waist (b) berry (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flower (b) tale (c) there
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) allowed (b) waist (c) knight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) maid (c) pear

Answer key

  1. road
  2. maid
  3. rose
  4. dear
  5. wait
  6. mail
  7. knight
  8. passed
  9. new
  10. ate
  11. there
  12. made
  13. toe
  14. bare
  15. knew
  16. weak
  17. heal
  18. toe
  19. dear
  20. pair
  21. here
  22. blue
  23. their
  24. hear
  25. eight
  26. berry
  27. groan
  28. sea
  29. write
  30. one
  31. won
  32. flu
  33. son
  34. steal
  35. see
  36. flew
  37. flour
  38. tale
  39. knight
  40. sun

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