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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 357 · 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 “rose”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) rows
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) night (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) rows (c) berry
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) son (c) steel
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) bare (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) groan (b) knew (c) male
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) road (b) knight (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) won (c) sail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) sea (c) flower
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) no (b) pear (c) sail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) buy (c) new
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) blue (b) sale (c) knot
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) rose (b) mist (c) see
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sale (c) bare
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) hear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) rows
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) berry
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) pair (b) know (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) there (b) sun (c) know
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) past
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) write (c) male
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) aloud (b) bare (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) toe
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) allowed (b) flu (c) sail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) aloud (b) whole (c) blew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) their (c) heal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) rows (c) knot
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) waist (b) here (c) new
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) weight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) mail (b) plain (c) allowed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) one (b) sell (c) buy
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tow (b) tail (c) hear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steal (b) ate (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) pear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) dear (b) allowed (c) peace
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) rose (b) sail (c) heal
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) road (b) maid (c) rows
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) deer (b) there (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) rose (b) road (c) tow
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) weight (c) grown

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. meat
  3. groan
  4. break
  5. whole
  6. male
  7. knight
  8. knot
  9. piece
  10. pear
  11. dear
  12. sale
  13. mist
  14. hear
  15. flu
  16. rows
  17. aloud
  18. made
  19. sun
  20. past
  21. allowed
  22. no
  23. cell
  24. sail
  25. blew
  26. flew
  27. sell
  28. new
  29. weight
  30. allowed
  31. buy
  32. tail
  33. ate
  34. eight
  35. peace
  36. heal
  37. maid
  38. see
  39. road
  40. missed

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