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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. their
  2. mail
  3. break
  4. aloud
  5. eight
  6. cell
  7. write
  8. meet
  9. steel
  10. steel
  11. grown
  12. knight
  13. dear
  14. knight
  15. made
  16. sun
  17. flour
  18. heel
  19. ate
  20. male
  21. brake
  22. whole
  23. tail
  24. flu
  25. weak
  26. their
  27. allowed
  28. peace
  29. piece
  30. one
  31. won
  32. tail
  33. sale
  34. weight
  35. night
  36. here
  37. rows
  38. sea
  39. bear
  40. plane

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