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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 447 · 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 “plain”? (a) heal (b) there (c) plane
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) plain (b) mist (c) flew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) dear (c) flower
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) rode (c) pair
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) male (b) passed (c) no
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) steal
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) blew (b) knew (c) rows
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) break (c) one
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) cell (b) steel (c) tow
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) meet (b) not (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) break (c) weak
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) hole (b) cell (c) here
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) one (b) bury (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) blew (c) bear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) past (b) groan (c) male
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) blew (c) brake
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) week (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) heel (c) dear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) their (b) bare (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) tow (b) berry (c) waist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) made (b) new (c) week
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) steel (b) wait (c) grown
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) past (b) waste (c) piece
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) week (b) allowed (c) mail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) flew (b) new (c) night
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) there (c) right
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) bare (b) weight (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) groan (c) know
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) not (b) blew (c) ate
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) whole (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) hole (b) won (c) dear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) pair (b) see (c) bear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) deer (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) waist (c) here
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) tale (b) flour (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) passed (c) flu
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) here (b) berry (c) maid
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) plane (b) rose (c) meet
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) know (c) meet
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) rows (b) plain (c) sun

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. flew
  3. rode
  4. tail
  5. passed
  6. rose
  7. rows
  8. sun
  9. steel
  10. not
  11. won
  12. cell
  13. bury
  14. hole
  15. male
  16. rose
  17. groan
  18. mail
  19. wait
  20. waist
  21. new
  22. grown
  23. piece
  24. allowed
  25. night
  26. road
  27. pair
  28. knot
  29. ate
  30. heal
  31. won
  32. bear
  33. sell
  34. sail
  35. flour
  36. here
  37. maid
  38. meet
  39. grown
  40. plain

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