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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 440 · 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 “allowed”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) aloud
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) made (b) hear (c) bare
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) weight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) missed (b) sale (c) mail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) knight (b) tow (c) blue
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flour (b) pair (c) knew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) missed (c) new
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) piece (b) eight (c) sail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) plain (b) aloud (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) pear (b) night (c) tow
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) groan (c) flour
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) sell (b) piece (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) waist (b) road (c) sail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) made (b) flower (c) bear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) peace
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) rose (b) pair (c) missed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) one (b) not (c) dear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) toe (b) not (c) passed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) tow (b) knew (c) sun
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) pair (b) here (c) there
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) allowed (b) weight (c) male
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) pear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) made (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sun (b) wait (c) tale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flower (b) tale (c) hole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) blew (b) passed (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) their (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) not (c) sell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) road (b) won (c) meat
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) pear (c) rode
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) hole (c) eight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) deer (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) passed (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) cell (c) rode
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) there (b) won (c) heel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) write (b) buy (c) bare
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) son (c) brake
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) tale (b) meet (c) no

Answer key

  1. aloud
  2. hear
  3. heal
  4. sale
  5. tow
  6. know
  7. knew
  8. tow
  9. eight
  10. bury
  11. night
  12. right
  13. night
  14. sail
  15. bear
  16. grown
  17. missed
  18. dear
  19. not
  20. knew
  21. here
  22. weight
  23. pear
  24. write
  25. tale
  26. hole
  27. passed
  28. see
  29. son
  30. meat
  31. flu
  32. toe
  33. passed
  34. blew
  35. plane
  36. won
  37. buy
  38. maid
  39. deer
  40. no

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