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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 480 · 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 “heal”? (a) heel (b) their (c) bare
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) flower (c) heel
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tail (b) knot (c) tow
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) knew (c) cell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) allowed (c) here
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) by (c) knot
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) rode (b) night (c) bear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) steel (b) weight (c) allowed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) see (b) aloud (c) bare
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) missed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) whole (b) steel (c) brake
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) made (b) plane (c) bury
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) brake (c) sun
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) right (b) blew (c) one
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) eight (b) won (c) sun
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) night (b) one (c) weight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) heal (c) pair
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) write (b) blew (c) berry
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bare (b) see (c) mist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) past (b) meet (c) bury
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) male (b) write (c) flu
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knew (b) right (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) cell (c) no
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) night (c) flour
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) one (c) peace
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sail (b) break (c) there
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) road (c) hear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) tale (b) week (c) eight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) rose
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) deer (b) ate (c) peace
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) deer (c) sell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) allowed (b) male (c) here
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) ate (b) weak (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) buy (b) break (c) knew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) rose (c) sea
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) deer (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) bare (b) wait (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) here (b) their (c) mist
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) pair (c) road

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. road
  3. tow
  4. pair
  5. plain
  6. male
  7. bear
  8. blue
  9. weight
  10. bare
  11. missed
  12. steel
  13. bury
  14. by
  15. one
  16. won
  17. weight
  18. rose
  19. blew
  20. see
  21. bury
  22. flu
  23. flour
  24. sea
  25. flu
  26. made
  27. break
  28. brake
  29. eight
  30. hear
  31. ate
  32. passed
  33. here
  34. sun
  35. break
  36. their
  37. missed
  38. wait
  39. mist
  40. cell

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