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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 343 · 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 “road”? (a) heal (b) plain (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) son (b) allowed (c) write
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) week (c) sea
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) waist (b) know (c) missed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) right (b) brake (c) flour
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knight (b) there (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) pear (b) dear (c) bear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) meat (b) write (c) break
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sell (b) sun (c) flour
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) passed (b) their (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) made
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) maid (b) here (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) plane (b) write (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) eight (b) bury (c) made
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) sun (b) whole (c) tow
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) right (b) their (c) night
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) groan (b) meat (c) here
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) deer (b) passed (c) male
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) pear (b) sale (c) aloud
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) aloud (b) right (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) sale (c) plain
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) eight (b) won (c) rose
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) past (b) knot (c) bear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) not (b) plain (c) weak
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) passed (b) piece (c) won
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sea (c) groan
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) bury (b) weak (c) sun
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) right
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) week (c) no
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) one (b) knight (c) maid
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) cell (b) new (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) rose (b) here (c) eight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) bare (b) heel (c) know
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) wait (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) aloud (b) meat (c) grown
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) tail (c) bury
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) flew (b) road (c) pear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) whole (b) pear (c) meat
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) one (b) dear (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) won (c) eight

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. write
  3. not
  4. missed
  5. brake
  6. there
  7. dear
  8. break
  9. flour
  10. berry
  11. deer
  12. here
  13. write
  14. made
  15. tow
  16. night
  17. here
  18. passed
  19. sale
  20. bury
  21. piece
  22. won
  23. bear
  24. plain
  25. won
  26. one
  27. sun
  28. pear
  29. wait
  30. maid
  31. new
  32. eight
  33. know
  34. tale
  35. grown
  36. heal
  37. road
  38. pear
  39. right
  40. tale

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