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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 317 · 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 “buy”? (a) passed (b) by (c) flower
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) flour
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) see (b) night (c) aloud
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) weak (c) there
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) waste (c) hole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) groan (b) sale (c) weight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) by (b) won (c) know
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) eight (b) male (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) tow (b) peace (c) no
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) write (c) pear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bare (b) tale (c) flower
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) flour (b) mail (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) tail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) made (c) toe
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) waste (c) pair
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) right
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) waste (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) missed (b) here (c) waist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) eight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) tail (b) aloud (c) sell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pair (b) sale (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) knot
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sell (b) pair (c) deer
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) blew (b) past (c) ate
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) son (b) road (c) passed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) flower (c) won
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) meet (b) night (c) steel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) tale (c) no
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) heel (b) new (c) tail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) tow (b) write (c) cell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) past (b) knight (c) flower
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) week
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) weak (b) tow (c) cell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) male (c) wait
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) grown (b) tale (c) not
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) flu
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) missed (b) heel (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) eight (b) tow (c) deer

Answer key

  1. by
  2. flour
  3. aloud
  4. plane
  5. maid
  6. weight
  7. won
  8. night
  9. peace
  10. know
  11. tale
  12. mail
  13. pear
  14. heal
  15. blew
  16. sale
  17. buy
  18. here
  19. hole
  20. aloud
  21. blue
  22. knot
  23. pair
  24. ate
  25. passed
  26. deer
  27. steel
  28. plane
  29. tail
  30. write
  31. bury
  32. rose
  33. flower
  34. here
  35. cell
  36. knew
  37. tale
  38. rode
  39. know
  40. tow

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