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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 270 · 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) brake (b) pair (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) no (b) plane (c) piece
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) plain (b) right (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sell (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) knew (b) deer (c) hole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) sell (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) by (b) meat (c) tow
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) by (b) no (c) hole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) blew (c) rows
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) pair (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) tale (b) sale (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) rode (b) mail (c) toe
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) knot (b) pear (c) waste
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) won (c) road
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) write (b) weak (c) tow
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) aloud (b) sale (c) missed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) their (c) heal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) weak (b) weight (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) made (c) write
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) there (b) steal (c) knight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) peace (c) write
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) break (b) hole (c) knight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) here (b) sell (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) deer (b) cell (c) toe
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) knew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) hole (b) write (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) waste (b) no (c) plane
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) meat (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) sea (b) allowed (c) whole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) meet (b) passed (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) ate (b) steal (c) tale
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) waist (b) sail (c) toe
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) sun (c) hole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) knot (b) by (c) aloud
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) berry (c) flu
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) missed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) break (b) mist (c) hole
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) mail (c) by
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) weight (b) won (c) son
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) right (c) there

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. piece
  3. maid
  4. allowed
  5. hole
  6. flour
  7. tow
  8. no
  9. meet
  10. heal
  11. flour
  12. toe
  13. waste
  14. flower
  15. weak
  16. sale
  17. meat
  18. ate
  19. groan
  20. steal
  21. allowed
  22. knight
  23. sell
  24. cell
  25. knew
  26. plain
  27. plane
  28. mist
  29. whole
  30. wait
  31. tale
  32. toe
  33. made
  34. aloud
  35. weak
  36. missed
  37. mist
  38. rode
  39. won
  40. eight

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