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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 44 · 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 “pair”? (a) past (b) brake (c) pear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) new (c) piece
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) peace (b) pear (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) one (b) hear (c) tow
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) allowed (b) road (c) here
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) groan (b) tail (c) weight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) bear (b) male (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) deer (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) one (b) whole (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) weight (b) tale (c) brake
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) heel (b) blue (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) no (b) cell (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) right (b) rode (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) steel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) past (c) their
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sun (b) no (c) flour
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) knew (c) weak
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) pair (c) road
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) missed (b) bear (c) flu
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) ate (c) rows
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) knew (b) see (c) bare
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) rode (b) passed (c) brake
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) aloud (b) flour (c) meat
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) berry (c) sea
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) tow (b) right (c) hear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) flour (c) steel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bare (b) wait (c) dear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) their (b) knight (c) here
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) pear (c) bare
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) mail (b) rode (c) buy
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) there (b) sell (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) waist (b) mail (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) new (b) not (c) one
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) one (b) flower (c) write
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) their
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) knew (c) plane
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) passed (c) peace
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) aloud (b) rode (c) waste
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) pair (b) week (c) grown

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. sale
  3. pear
  4. tow
  5. here
  6. weight
  7. their
  8. there
  9. passed
  10. tale
  11. steal
  12. cell
  13. there
  14. maid
  15. buy
  16. flour
  17. flu
  18. hole
  19. bear
  20. break
  21. see
  22. brake
  23. meat
  24. road
  25. hear
  26. week
  27. dear
  28. knight
  29. mist
  30. rode
  31. sell
  32. blue
  33. mail
  34. one
  35. write
  36. grown
  37. maid
  38. cell
  39. rode
  40. grown

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