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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 42 · 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) eight (b) wait (c) right
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sea (b) their (c) new
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waste (b) their (c) road
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) no (c) rows
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) deer (b) bear (c) meet
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) made (c) week
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) road (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) bear (b) by (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) pair (b) whole (c) peace
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) plane (c) deer
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) night (b) pair (c) weak
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) night (b) flower (c) tale
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) brake
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) allowed (b) rose (c) pair
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) steal
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) toe
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) hole (b) cell (c) tail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) ate (b) by (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) write (b) peace (c) mist
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) see (b) bury (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) waist (b) tail (c) week
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) road (b) heal (c) there
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) peace (b) missed (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) not (b) blue (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) one (b) rose (c) bear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sail (b) meet (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) missed (b) aloud (c) know
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) past (b) know (c) knot
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) won (b) steel (c) know
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) mist (b) sea (c) passed
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) missed (c) bury
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) wait (c) break
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) road (b) flew (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) male (b) by (c) here
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) peace (b) sail (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) their
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) brake (c) dear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) peace
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) steal (b) hole (c) there

Answer key

  1. right
  2. new
  3. their
  4. made
  5. bear
  6. mail
  7. bare
  8. steal
  9. whole
  10. ate
  11. piece
  12. weak
  13. flower
  14. meet
  15. pair
  16. meat
  17. bear
  18. cell
  19. heal
  20. peace
  21. bury
  22. week
  23. there
  24. buy
  25. write
  26. rose
  27. blue
  28. aloud
  29. know
  30. know
  31. passed
  32. rows
  33. plane
  34. past
  35. here
  36. sail
  37. sea
  38. tale
  39. blew
  40. hole

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