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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 396 · 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) rows (b) meat (c) mist
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) hole (b) past (c) night
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) pear (b) road (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flu (b) see (c) bury
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) their
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) piece (c) maid
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) wait (b) one (c) brake
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) break (c) hole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) write (c) break
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) hear (c) peace
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) knot (b) there (c) ate
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) pear (b) write (c) see
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) wait (b) steal (c) hear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) new (b) tail (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) hear (b) knew (c) peace
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) flower (c) eight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) flew (b) road (c) deer
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) tale (b) buy (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) sell (b) break (c) made
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flew (b) dear (c) eight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) waste (b) hole (c) right
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) hear (b) male (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) see
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) road (b) steel (c) mail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) bare (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) sell (c) weight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) ate (b) won (c) knot
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) allowed (c) bare
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) eight (c) new
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) peace (c) new
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) buy
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) passed (c) deer
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) waste (b) weight (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) plain (b) their (c) ate
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) bury (c) no
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) weight (b) night (c) weak
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) dear (b) meet (c) knight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) toe
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tale (b) their (c) berry

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. past
  3. road
  4. bury
  5. their
  6. plane
  7. aloud
  8. brake
  9. weight
  10. bear
  11. brake
  12. there
  13. write
  14. hear
  15. whole
  16. knew
  17. passed
  18. deer
  19. flour
  20. break
  21. eight
  22. right
  23. male
  24. ate
  25. steel
  26. see
  27. tow
  28. won
  29. deer
  30. not
  31. allowed
  32. tale
  33. plane
  34. flour
  35. ate
  36. week
  37. night
  38. knight
  39. one
  40. their

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