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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 310 · 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 “whole”? (a) here (b) toe (c) hole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) piece
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) passed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) piece (b) wait (c) brake
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flour (b) plane (c) their
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flew (b) meet (c) toe
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) piece (b) buy (c) blew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) bare (c) blew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) knew (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) one (b) eight (c) tale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) week (b) their (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) groan (c) knight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) here (b) bear (c) ate
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) see (b) sale (c) their
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) blue (b) weight (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) steal (b) right (c) deer
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) rose (b) mail (c) plain
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) son (c) bear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) know (b) night (c) heel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) won
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) peace (b) steel (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) there (b) here (c) whole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flu (b) pear (c) here
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) sun (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) brake
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) know (b) sail (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sell (b) mist (c) write
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) by (b) heal (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) won (b) maid (c) whole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) flew (b) road (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) plane (b) missed (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) mist (c) waste
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) wait (b) tow (c) won
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) allowed (b) week (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) hole (c) sun
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) pair (c) made
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) write (b) piece (c) weight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) peace (b) rode (c) pear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) won (b) know (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) male

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. piece
  3. hear
  4. brake
  5. plane
  6. meet
  7. buy
  8. made
  9. rode
  10. tale
  11. flour
  12. one
  13. bear
  14. their
  15. weight
  16. deer
  17. plain
  18. flower
  19. night
  20. dear
  21. steel
  22. whole
  23. pear
  24. sell
  25. peace
  26. sail
  27. write
  28. heal
  29. maid
  30. road
  31. missed
  32. past
  33. tow
  34. bare
  35. ate
  36. bury
  37. weight
  38. pear
  39. tail
  40. male

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