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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 319 · 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 “eight”? (a) blew (b) ate (c) one
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) see (b) break (c) piece
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) steel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meet (b) new (c) peace
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bear (b) sell (c) there
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) flower (b) write (c) weak
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knight (b) bear (c) pair
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) not (b) flew (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) knew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) break (c) tow
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) heal (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) know (c) buy
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) heal (b) passed (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sun (b) blew (c) no
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) there (b) night (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) sea (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sail (c) past
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) male
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) made (b) rows (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flew (b) whole (c) male
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) new (c) rows
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) deer (b) steal (c) rode
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) hole (b) right (c) sale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) rose (b) plain (c) there
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) know (b) passed (c) blew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) peace (b) maid (c) sell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) knew (b) male (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) here (c) sun
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) past (c) plain
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) knight (c) flower
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) pear (b) toe (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) eight (c) tale
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) bury
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) toe (b) rose (c) hole
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) buy (b) meat (c) heal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) sail (b) hole (c) tail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) sell (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) hear (b) pair (c) sell

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. piece
  3. maid
  4. new
  5. there
  6. weak
  7. bear
  8. night
  9. mail
  10. road
  11. bare
  12. sea
  13. passed
  14. blew
  15. groan
  16. heel
  17. tale
  18. know
  19. dear
  20. rows
  21. whole
  22. meat
  23. rode
  24. sale
  25. there
  26. passed
  27. sell
  28. male
  29. pear
  30. rows
  31. knot
  32. toe
  33. week
  34. deer
  35. bury
  36. rose
  37. heal
  38. tail
  39. flew
  40. pair

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