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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 48 · 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 “sea”? (a) meat (b) tale (c) see
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) deer (b) bare (c) waist
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) sell (c) road
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) night (b) allowed (c) there
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) write (b) road (c) not
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) aloud (c) waist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) toe (b) night (c) dear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) brake (b) hole (c) toe
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) tow (b) buy (c) groan
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) past (c) road
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) bury (c) right
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) one (b) flour (c) grown
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) tow (b) bear (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) deer (c) heel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) pear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) flour (b) their (c) rose
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) flour (b) son (c) night
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) pair (b) week (c) knew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) won (c) by
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) plain (b) weight (c) son
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) passed (b) wait (c) heel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sell (b) wait (c) blew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flower (b) one (c) passed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) blue (b) flower (c) deer
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) road (c) whole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) bare (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) pear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) weight (b) past (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) here (b) deer (c) rows
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) tow (b) knot (c) night
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) eight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) plain (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) rode (c) tow
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) tail (c) sell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) grown (b) won (c) by
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) knot (b) steal (c) brake
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) wait (b) blew (c) heal
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) son (c) mail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) pear

Answer key

  1. see
  2. waist
  3. plain
  4. there
  5. road
  6. heel
  7. night
  8. toe
  9. groan
  10. peace
  11. here
  12. grown
  13. maid
  14. bear
  15. their
  16. sea
  17. rose
  18. son
  19. week
  20. break
  21. weight
  22. wait
  23. wait
  24. passed
  25. flower
  26. won
  27. peace
  28. sea
  29. not
  30. rows
  31. knot
  32. allowed
  33. new
  34. weight
  35. whole
  36. by
  37. brake
  38. blew
  39. steel
  40. rose

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