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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 427 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sun (b) maid (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) aloud (b) berry (c) tail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) meet (c) sun
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) knight (b) there (c) deer
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) by (b) week (c) brake
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) night (b) rode (c) eight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) hear (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) hole (c) not
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) write (b) knew (c) rode
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) won (c) sale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) grown (c) no
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) by (b) grown (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) meet (c) hear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) hole (b) write (c) male
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) buy (b) rode (c) aloud
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) week (c) pair
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rows (b) maid (c) by
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) blue (c) see
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) rode (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) meat (b) flour (c) right
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) mist (c) brake
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) dear (c) flour
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) here (b) pear (c) blew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) wait (b) plain (c) cell
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) whole (b) bare (c) by
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) plain (b) sea (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) won (b) blue (c) missed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) piece (b) rows (c) made
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) bear (b) write (c) break
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) berry (b) blue (c) deer
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) groan (b) night (c) road
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) steal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) meet (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) weak (c) passed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) write (b) missed (c) won
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) knight (b) son (c) rode
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) mail (b) knight (c) meet
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) night (b) brake (c) not
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) grown (b) pear (c) no
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) know (b) bear (c) waist

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. berry
  3. heel
  4. deer
  5. brake
  6. rode
  7. won
  8. see
  9. knew
  10. son
  11. night
  12. flower
  13. plane
  14. male
  15. aloud
  16. toe
  17. maid
  18. steel
  19. won
  20. flour
  21. there
  22. sun
  23. pear
  24. cell
  25. by
  26. knot
  27. blue
  28. rows
  29. break
  30. blue
  31. night
  32. there
  33. write
  34. flew
  35. missed
  36. son
  37. meet
  38. not
  39. pear
  40. waist

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