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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 464 · 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 “plane”? (a) plain (b) bare (c) pair
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) rows (b) knight (c) groan
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) flu (b) their (c) passed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) steel (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) aloud (b) berry (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) sail (b) aloud (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) won (b) plane (c) by
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bury (b) ate (c) maid
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) won (b) sea (c) bear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) week
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) buy
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) pear (b) flu (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) hear (c) knot
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) bear (c) new
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) pair (b) waste (c) brake
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) weak (b) male (c) bear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) night (b) sea (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) knot (b) cell (c) road
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) one
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) past (b) pair (c) heal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) mail (c) hole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) berry (b) son (c) whole
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) flower (c) no
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) aloud (b) won (c) write
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) road (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) new (c) road
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) bear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) past
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) see (b) buy (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) son (b) won (c) mail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) know (b) bear (c) tow
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) heal (c) ate
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) knot (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) no (b) here (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) know (c) road
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) knight (b) write (c) mail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) steal (b) new (c) one
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) by

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. groan
  3. passed
  4. aloud
  5. berry
  6. aloud
  7. plane
  8. maid
  9. bear
  10. week
  11. buy
  12. berry
  13. flour
  14. heal
  15. ate
  16. waste
  17. male
  18. sea
  19. road
  20. tale
  21. bare
  22. pair
  23. waste
  24. whole
  25. tow
  26. write
  27. bear
  28. cell
  29. eight
  30. past
  31. buy
  32. won
  33. tow
  34. missed
  35. one
  36. here
  37. blue
  38. mail
  39. new
  40. rows

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