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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 412 · 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 “groan”? (a) grown (b) new (c) whole
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) pear (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) rows (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) pair (c) their
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) their (b) wait (c) by
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) toe (c) mail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) wait (c) pear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) tail (c) male
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) piece (c) hole
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) here (c) rose
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) their (b) sell (c) tale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) rode (b) cell (c) meet
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) hole (b) waist (c) flew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) weight (b) toe (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) tale (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) son (b) maid (c) week
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) pair (b) no (c) here
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) meat (b) weight (c) made
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) waist (c) piece
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) not (b) groan (c) bear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) waste (b) mist (c) week
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) passed (b) pair (c) plane
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) bare (b) flower (c) hear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) tail (b) here (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) won (b) tow (c) groan
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) steel (b) male (c) new
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) plain (b) sun (c) rose
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) sea (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) flew (b) missed (c) steal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) deer (b) hear (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) bury (c) made
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) hole (b) flu (c) allowed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flu (b) knew (c) tail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) eight (b) made (c) no
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) son (b) see (c) blue
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) pair (c) heal
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) there (b) knot (c) week
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sale (b) brake (c) knight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) male (c) buy
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) flower

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. their
  3. tail
  4. bear
  5. wait
  6. eight
  7. passed
  8. pair
  9. bury
  10. not
  11. tale
  12. meet
  13. flew
  14. sea
  15. one
  16. maid
  17. here
  18. weight
  19. knot
  20. bear
  21. mist
  22. pair
  23. hear
  24. meat
  25. tow
  26. male
  27. rose
  28. wait
  29. steal
  30. hear
  31. tow
  32. flu
  33. knew
  34. no
  35. see
  36. road
  37. knot
  38. knight
  39. tail
  40. flower

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