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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 393 · 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 “heel”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) tale (c) waist
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) dear (b) eight (c) bare
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) here
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) won (c) berry
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) allowed (b) right (c) groan
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) flower (c) plain
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) tale (b) eight (c) flour
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) bare (b) blew (c) aloud
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) cell (b) break (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) buy (b) write (c) flu
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) plain (b) pear (c) maid
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) right (b) knight (c) berry
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) bear (b) deer (c) missed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) weight (b) waist (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) passed (b) heel (c) bury
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) toe (c) piece
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) maid (b) meat (c) tail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) mist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) aloud (b) won (c) no
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) new (c) plain
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) week (c) knew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sun (b) write (c) break
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) by (b) son (c) mist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) brake (b) tale (c) sea
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) right (c) flew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) allowed (b) plane (c) know
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) steal (b) write (c) passed
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) groan (b) by (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) tale (c) flour
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) male (b) maid (c) wait
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flour (b) heel (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) tow
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) groan (b) night (c) rows
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) by (b) waist (c) rows
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) write (b) allowed (c) passed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) knight (b) sale (c) plain
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) hole (b) flu (c) knew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) son (b) past (c) flower

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. rode
  3. bare
  4. here
  5. sale
  6. groan
  7. peace
  8. eight
  9. blew
  10. break
  11. write
  12. maid
  13. knight
  14. meet
  15. deer
  16. sea
  17. heel
  18. whole
  19. meat
  20. weight
  21. no
  22. rose
  23. wait
  24. break
  25. mist
  26. sea
  27. meat
  28. plane
  29. passed
  30. flour
  31. waist
  32. wait
  33. knight
  34. aloud
  35. night
  36. rows
  37. allowed
  38. sale
  39. flu
  40. flower

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