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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. tow
  3. rode
  4. mist
  5. bury
  6. knight
  7. bare
  8. buy
  9. tail
  10. heel
  11. grown
  12. toe
  13. rode
  14. dear
  15. meet
  16. male
  17. by
  18. their
  19. won
  20. break
  21. flour
  22. made
  23. bury
  24. steal
  25. week
  26. weight
  27. deer
  28. piece
  29. one
  30. cell
  31. sale
  32. know
  33. blue
  34. steel
  35. son
  36. knight
  37. hear
  38. road
  39. waste
  40. bear

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