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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 35 · 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 “rows”? (a) dear (b) rose (c) made
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) male (b) write (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) past (c) tail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) pear (b) steal (c) tale
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flour (b) groan (c) pair
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) bury (b) knot (c) dear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) steal (b) hole (c) flour
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bare (b) knight (c) mist
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) cell (b) buy (c) sail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) pear (c) flour
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) grown (c) pair
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) meat (b) their (c) piece
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) wait (c) son
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) allowed (c) week
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) week (c) weight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) road (b) hole (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) hear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) hear (b) whole (c) there
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) tow (b) steel (c) right
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) male (b) night (c) waste
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) brake (b) their (c) buy
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) sea (c) aloud
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) pair
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) grown (b) flour (c) missed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) there (c) tow
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) bare (b) flew (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) piece (b) weight (c) bare
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) here (b) their (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) write (c) flour
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) plain
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) by
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rode (b) here (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) knot (c) sun
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) tale (b) see (c) bury
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) heel (b) meet (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) maid (b) pair (c) ate
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) right (b) blue (c) allowed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) meat (b) break (c) steel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) bare (c) knight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) hear (b) bare (c) week

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. write
  3. tow
  4. steal
  5. groan
  6. knot
  7. hole
  8. mist
  9. buy
  10. allowed
  11. whole
  12. piece
  13. hole
  14. flu
  15. flew
  16. blue
  17. flower
  18. there
  19. steel
  20. waste
  21. their
  22. write
  23. flower
  24. flour
  25. won
  26. mail
  27. bare
  28. blue
  29. one
  30. aloud
  31. by
  32. here
  33. bear
  34. bury
  35. meet
  36. ate
  37. allowed
  38. break
  39. waist
  40. bare

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