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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 360 · 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) blew (b) groan (c) there
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) waist
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tale (b) flour (c) meat
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) pear (b) their (c) sea
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) blue (c) mail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) right (c) ate
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) peace
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) past (c) rose
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) rose (b) night (c) sail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) knot (c) week
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) sail (b) new (c) road
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sale (b) rode (c) pair
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sale (b) knew (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) write (b) whole (c) week
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) tow (b) here (c) made
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) road
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) sail (c) tow
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) won (b) flour (c) sell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) piece (c) bare
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) steel (c) hear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) knight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) peace (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tail (b) tow (c) allowed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) night (c) mail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) buy (b) sea (c) their
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) know (b) hole (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) aloud (c) berry
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) bury (b) whole (c) buy
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) hole (c) blew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) tow (b) maid (c) one
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) new (b) plane (c) sale
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) break (c) dear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) by (b) past (c) plane
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) heel (b) new (c) meet
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rode (b) by (c) see
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) one (b) flower (c) peace
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) aloud (c) sun
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) maid (b) rose (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) rows (b) eight (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) rode (b) rows (c) cell

Answer key

  1. there
  2. sea
  3. meat
  4. their
  5. allowed
  6. berry
  7. ate
  8. mail
  9. night
  10. made
  11. road
  12. rode
  13. there
  14. whole
  15. here
  16. heal
  17. wait
  18. flour
  19. grown
  20. cell
  21. knight
  22. wait
  23. tow
  24. week
  25. sea
  26. hole
  27. blue
  28. buy
  29. allowed
  30. one
  31. sale
  32. pair
  33. plane
  34. new
  35. see
  36. peace
  37. pair
  38. son
  39. eight
  40. cell

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