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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. plane
  3. tow
  4. grown
  5. tow
  6. rows
  7. flour
  8. see
  9. flew
  10. write
  11. tail
  12. blew
  13. waste
  14. pear
  15. mail
  16. one
  17. knight
  18. there
  19. cell
  20. not
  21. sea
  22. plane
  23. meat
  24. no
  25. grown
  26. there
  27. allowed
  28. sun
  29. flu
  30. blue
  31. by
  32. bare
  33. wait
  34. road
  35. knot
  36. made
  37. son
  38. peace
  39. pear
  40. weak

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