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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 342 · 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 “rode”? (a) grown (b) road (c) brake
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) bare (b) sun (c) heel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) waste (b) aloud (c) heal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) flour (b) peace (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) weight (c) road
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) blue (b) sun (c) new
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) whole (b) road (c) plane
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) road (c) bear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) grown (b) knight (c) maid
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) pair (b) new (c) flower
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) there (b) meet (c) sun
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) peace (c) pear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) missed (c) one
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) not (b) blue (c) made
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) sale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) hear (b) by (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) wait (b) bear (c) knot
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) missed (c) pear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) deer (b) sell (c) waist
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) ate (b) road (c) made
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) mist (b) groan (c) blue
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) weak (b) ate (c) night
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) write (b) see (c) rows
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) week (b) piece (c) sail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) meat (b) flu (c) tail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) meet (b) right (c) missed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) meat (c) here
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) piece (b) blew (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) meet (b) son (c) eight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) rode (b) sale (c) won
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) hear (c) not
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) ate (b) aloud (c) sell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) here (b) tow (c) tale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sea (b) steal (c) week
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flu (b) deer (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) there (c) bury
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) weight (b) not (c) rode
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) eight (b) aloud (c) sail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) maid (c) son

Answer key

  1. road
  2. heel
  3. heal
  4. peace
  5. waste
  6. rows
  7. new
  8. road
  9. missed
  10. knight
  11. flower
  12. sun
  13. knew
  14. eight
  15. blue
  16. sale
  17. by
  18. bear
  19. mail
  20. sell
  21. made
  22. blue
  23. night
  24. see
  25. piece
  26. flu
  27. right
  28. weight
  29. one
  30. son
  31. won
  32. weak
  33. aloud
  34. tow
  35. week
  36. allowed
  37. write
  38. rode
  39. aloud
  40. piece

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