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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 401 · 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 “write”? (a) meet (b) tale (c) right
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) bare (c) mist
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) ate (c) bare
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) right (b) weak (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) week (b) right (c) rows
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) waist (b) flour (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) won (b) blew (c) berry
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) there (b) sale (c) maid
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) cell (b) sale (c) whole
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) peace (b) know (c) buy
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) toe (b) hear (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) road (b) meet (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) piece (b) night (c) knot
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) son (c) grown
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) steel (c) sail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) blew (b) rode (c) tow
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) sale (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) see (c) tale
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) bare
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) break (b) rose (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) made (b) rose (c) dear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) sale (b) rode (c) heel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) hole (c) wait
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) toe (b) not (c) maid
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) mist (b) rose (c) knight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) groan (b) allowed (c) brake
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) there (b) break (c) tail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) maid (b) flu (c) know
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) berry (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sell (b) past (c) week
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) pair (b) road (c) passed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) knight (b) bury (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) toe (b) blue (c) knot
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) hole (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) buy (b) maid (c) know
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) waist (c) steal
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) knew (b) heel (c) blew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) flour (b) bare (c) aloud
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) steal (c) plane
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) steal (b) waste (c) rows

Answer key

  1. right
  2. heel
  3. by
  4. aloud
  5. rows
  6. flour
  7. blew
  8. maid
  9. whole
  10. buy
  11. groan
  12. weight
  13. knot
  14. eight
  15. blue
  16. tow
  17. road
  18. waste
  19. bare
  20. rose
  21. dear
  22. rode
  23. sea
  24. maid
  25. knight
  26. allowed
  27. break
  28. know
  29. one
  30. past
  31. passed
  32. bury
  33. knot
  34. toe
  35. know
  36. knight
  37. heel
  38. aloud
  39. buy
  40. rows

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