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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 339 · 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 “mist”? (a) aloud (b) missed (c) road
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) one
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) week (b) allowed (c) there
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) sun (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) steal (b) tale (c) knight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) knight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) one (b) knew (c) aloud
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) bury (b) know (c) blew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) dear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) tow
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) know (b) night (c) buy
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) here (c) flew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) flew (b) here (c) sun
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) bear (c) not
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) eight (b) bare (c) grown
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) pair (b) missed (c) flour
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tale (b) won (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) write (b) heel (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) missed (b) son (c) know
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) week (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) knot (b) meat (c) right
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) bear (b) blue (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) right
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) berry
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rode (b) male (c) cell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) bare (b) week (c) tail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) weight (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) maid (b) one (c) bare
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) eight (c) bury
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) sell (b) flower (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) sun
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sea (b) flower (c) waist
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knot (b) meat (c) bear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) cell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) pear (b) tow (c) rows
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) there (b) steal (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sell (b) pear (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) steel (b) flour (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) buy (b) no (c) eight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sun (b) missed (c) break

Answer key

  1. missed
  2. one
  3. there
  4. tow
  5. tale
  6. aloud
  7. aloud
  8. blew
  9. dear
  10. pear
  11. night
  12. see
  13. here
  14. rode
  15. bare
  16. missed
  17. won
  18. heel
  19. son
  20. waste
  21. right
  22. blue
  23. ate
  24. pear
  25. male
  26. tail
  27. road
  28. one
  29. know
  30. flower
  31. toe
  32. waist
  33. bear
  34. cell
  35. rows
  36. steal
  37. meet
  38. groan
  39. no
  40. break

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