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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 326 · 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 “plane”? (a) plain (b) write (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sea (b) pair (c) steel
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) steal (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) one (b) grown (c) berry
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) eight (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) there (b) sea (c) knot
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) bare (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) meat (c) toe
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) know (c) peace
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) eight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) no (b) toe (c) ate
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) knot (c) know
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) night (b) steel (c) sail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) plane (b) heel (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) their (b) brake (c) plane
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) write (b) rose (c) plane
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) brake (b) see (c) night
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) blew (b) dear (c) flu
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) no (b) meat (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) new (b) their (c) ate
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) no
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) bear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) road (b) waist (c) male
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) steel (b) tail (c) piece
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) cell (b) heal (c) made
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) know (c) son
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) won (b) grown (c) their
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) new (c) week
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) berry (c) bare
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) deer (b) bear (c) groan
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) here (b) see (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) blue
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) one (b) knew (c) rode
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) pair (b) rows (c) bury
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) dear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) know
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) new

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. steel
  3. mail
  4. son
  5. berry
  6. break
  7. knot
  8. buy
  9. hole
  10. flower
  11. not
  12. their
  13. ate
  14. made
  15. sail
  16. heel
  17. plane
  18. plane
  19. see
  20. flu
  21. flour
  22. pear
  23. ate
  24. wait
  25. bear
  26. male
  27. piece
  28. made
  29. missed
  30. grown
  31. road
  32. here
  33. groan
  34. see
  35. waist
  36. rode
  37. bury
  38. tow
  39. sea
  40. new

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