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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 462 · 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 “peace”? (a) piece (b) plane (c) there
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) plane (c) tail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) male (c) ate
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) sale (b) rode (c) whole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) not (b) pair (c) past
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) knot
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) aloud (b) see (c) flour
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) ate
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sale (b) their (c) here
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) eight (b) deer (c) pair
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) sun
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) grown (b) tale (c) hear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) break (b) tail (c) there
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) tail (b) flew (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) write (b) knight (c) waste
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) knot
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) mail (c) whole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) passed (b) rose (c) here
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) male (b) know (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) know (b) knot (c) steal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) sail (b) mist (c) bury
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) steal (c) brake
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sail (b) pair (c) peace
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) their (b) here (c) bare
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) flew (c) break
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sun (b) toe (c) brake
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) there (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) male (b) blue (c) knot
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) there (b) flew (c) past
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) by (b) steal (c) mail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) week (b) by (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) eight (c) flu
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) groan (b) flew (c) made
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) by (b) sell (c) write
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) no (b) pair (c) rode
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) cell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) grown (b) rose (c) not
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) steal (b) bury (c) eight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) cell (b) bear (c) right

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. plane
  3. one
  4. whole
  5. past
  6. knot
  7. flour
  8. dear
  9. their
  10. deer
  11. sun
  12. tow
  13. hear
  14. there
  15. one
  16. knight
  17. knot
  18. made
  19. here
  20. know
  21. steal
  22. bury
  23. waste
  24. pair
  25. bare
  26. rode
  27. toe
  28. sale
  29. blue
  30. flew
  31. mail
  32. by
  33. grown
  34. flew
  35. write
  36. rode
  37. cell
  38. rose
  39. eight
  40. right

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