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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 321 · 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) knot (b) ate (c) road
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) past (b) heal (c) weak
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) by (b) missed (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) male (c) road
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) write (b) tow (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) write (b) sell (c) sale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) won (c) waste
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) deer (c) won
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) flour (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) made (b) aloud (c) tale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sea (b) bare (c) grown
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) rose (b) eight (c) not
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) piece (b) made (c) dear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) right (c) son
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) not
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) toe (b) knew (c) their
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) see
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) mail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flour (b) rode (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) eight (b) groan (c) rows
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) night (b) write (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) eight (c) brake
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) wait (b) sale (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) grown (b) won (c) here
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) flew (b) weak (c) no
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) rows (c) no
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sell (b) groan (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) here (c) rows
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) piece (b) plane (c) tow
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) steel (b) one (c) flew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) flour (b) bare (c) meat
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) blue (b) their (c) knew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) right (b) rose (c) know
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) made (b) piece (c) rose
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) pair (b) rose (c) missed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) rows (b) grown (c) missed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) berry (c) flu

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. heal
  3. see
  4. no
  5. brake
  6. tow
  7. sale
  8. flour
  9. ate
  10. new
  11. tale
  12. grown
  13. not
  14. made
  15. break
  16. waste
  17. their
  18. waste
  19. pair
  20. mail
  21. write
  22. groan
  23. rose
  24. weak
  25. won
  26. plain
  27. won
  28. no
  29. weak
  30. hear
  31. new
  32. tow
  33. one
  34. bare
  35. their
  36. know
  37. piece
  38. rose
  39. grown
  40. plane

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