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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 351 · 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 “their”? (a) there (b) right (c) groan
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bare (b) there (c) see
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) tale (b) their (c) brake
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) pair (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) new (c) hear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) groan (b) piece (c) buy
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) dear (c) flower
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) weak (b) hole (c) cell
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) one (c) weak
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) mist (b) one (c) passed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) sell (b) break (c) mail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) sea
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) sun (b) maid (c) whole
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) brake (b) plane (c) rose
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) flu
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) know
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) knight (c) flour
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) brake (b) piece (c) new
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) mail (b) pair (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) rode (b) weak (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) waist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) road
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) aloud (b) plain (c) new
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) flour (c) grown
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) buy (b) sail (c) pear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sea (b) new (c) rode
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) buy (b) here (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) by (c) deer
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sun (b) here (c) sell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) steal (b) wait (c) made
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) by (b) eight (c) one
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) flu (b) bare (c) here
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) rode (b) groan (c) dear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) passed (b) road (c) sea
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) ate (b) past (c) write
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) allowed (b) ate (c) blew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) tale (b) meet (c) flower
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) road (c) write
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) rose (b) flew (c) heel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) mail (b) break (c) groan

Answer key

  1. there
  2. there
  3. brake
  4. toe
  5. grown
  6. buy
  7. night
  8. cell
  9. maid
  10. passed
  11. mail
  12. bear
  13. maid
  14. rose
  15. weight
  16. know
  17. waist
  18. piece
  19. pair
  20. pear
  21. won
  22. flew
  23. new
  24. steel
  25. sail
  26. rode
  27. eight
  28. bury
  29. sell
  30. wait
  31. one
  32. bare
  33. groan
  34. sea
  35. write
  36. blew
  37. flower
  38. knew
  39. flew
  40. break

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