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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 346 · 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 “mail”? (a) past (b) knew (c) male
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) passed (b) mail (c) tale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) meat (c) mist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) peace (b) tail (c) mist
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) hole (b) made (c) mail
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) sail (b) past (c) rose
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) right (b) weight (c) passed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) tail (b) steal (c) rows
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) cell (b) grown (c) deer
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) peace (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) plane (c) not
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) steel (b) heel (c) right
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) flour
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) night (b) mail (c) toe
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) toe (c) there
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) rose (b) no (c) heal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sale (b) week (c) cell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) road (b) blew (c) meet
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knot (b) know (c) new
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) not (b) heal (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) male (c) past
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) sea (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) maid (c) pear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) week (c) male
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) knight (b) maid (c) week
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) steel (c) cell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) road (c) flour
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) sea
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) steel (c) deer
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) one (b) blew (c) rows
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) see (b) toe (c) berry
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) meat (b) aloud (c) hear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) see (b) male (c) steel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) bury (b) toe (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) waste (c) peace
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) tail (b) by (c) not
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) deer
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) missed (b) meat (c) night
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) flour (c) hole
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) hear (c) sea

Answer key

  1. male
  2. tale
  3. flour
  4. mist
  5. mail
  6. rose
  7. weight
  8. rows
  9. grown
  10. sun
  11. heal
  12. heel
  13. here
  14. toe
  15. write
  16. no
  17. week
  18. blew
  19. know
  20. meet
  21. won
  22. write
  23. knew
  24. sea
  25. maid
  26. steel
  27. new
  28. bear
  29. their
  30. blew
  31. toe
  32. aloud
  33. male
  34. night
  35. break
  36. not
  37. flew
  38. meat
  39. no
  40. break

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