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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 353 · 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 “missed”? (a) tale (b) male (c) mist
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) knot (b) hole (c) bear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) there (b) past (c) rows
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) right (b) deer (c) berry
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) road
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) plain (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) night (b) rose (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) sea (b) dear (c) cell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) deer (b) hole (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bare (b) plane (c) dear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sea (b) passed (c) week
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) buy (c) sail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) groan (c) hear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) wait (b) peace (c) past
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) passed (c) meet
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) pair (b) ate (c) rows
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) right (c) sell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) aloud (c) ate
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) past (b) flour (c) one
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) waist (b) here (c) grown
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) plane (b) here (c) weak
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) sale (b) won (c) grown
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) heal (b) night (c) whole
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) grown (b) waist (c) tail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rode (b) maid (c) no
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) toe (b) piece (c) meat
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) deer (b) mist (c) tale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) road (b) brake (c) knight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flu (b) knight (c) meet
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) meat (b) bear (c) rode
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) son (c) write
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) deer (c) male
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plain (b) waist (c) bear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) meat
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) sell
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) aloud (b) won (c) heal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) buy (b) bare (c) sun

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. son
  3. hole
  4. rows
  5. berry
  6. aloud
  7. steal
  8. bare
  9. dear
  10. right
  11. dear
  12. passed
  13. meet
  14. past
  15. past
  16. tail
  17. one
  18. rows
  19. new
  20. mail
  21. flour
  22. grown
  23. here
  24. won
  25. night
  26. waist
  27. maid
  28. meat
  29. mist
  30. knight
  31. knight
  32. rode
  33. blew
  34. made
  35. bear
  36. flew
  37. sell
  38. bury
  39. won
  40. sun

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