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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 395 · 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 “wait”? (a) weight (b) plane (c) flower
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) here (b) blew (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) won (b) maid (c) dear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sale (b) sea (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) night (b) steal (c) new
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rose (b) rode (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) write (b) by (c) bear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) plain (b) bear (c) sail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sale (b) past (c) wait
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) sun (c) grown
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) deer
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) sail (c) made
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) eight (b) sale (c) dear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) son (b) their (c) peace
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sea (b) break (c) son
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) bear (b) flu (c) tail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) their (b) heal (c) flew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) maid (b) sell (c) right
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) groan (c) berry
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) dear (b) by (c) whole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) knight (b) eight (c) peace
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) cell (b) pear (c) plane
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) maid (b) won (c) toe
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) waist (c) sale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) knight (b) by (c) flu
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) berry (b) passed (c) break
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) weak (b) missed (c) flour
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) rows (b) meet (c) sea
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) no (b) passed (c) weak
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) tail (b) rows (c) road
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) not
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) sale
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) sail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sell (b) deer (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) night (c) blew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) dear (c) hear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) sell (c) won
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) wait (b) knot (c) weak
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) missed (b) maid (c) there
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) plain (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. blew
  3. dear
  4. sea
  5. new
  6. see
  7. bear
  8. sail
  9. wait
  10. rode
  11. aloud
  12. male
  13. sale
  14. peace
  15. break
  16. tail
  17. heal
  18. right
  19. sun
  20. whole
  21. peace
  22. pear
  23. toe
  24. passed
  25. flu
  26. break
  27. flour
  28. meet
  29. passed
  30. rows
  31. pear
  32. sale
  33. flu
  34. pair
  35. allowed
  36. rose
  37. berry
  38. weak
  39. there
  40. past

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