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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 482 · 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 “male”? (a) break (b) tail (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) bear (b) past (c) mail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) heel (b) mail (c) maid
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) heal (b) hear (c) weak
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) eight (c) allowed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) deer (c) maid
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) peace (c) dear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sea (b) pear (c) hole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) toe (b) won (c) weight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) weak (b) here (c) hole
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) road (c) their
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) see
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) sea (c) flew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) tale (b) past (c) wait
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) pear (b) see (c) steal
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) not (b) hole (c) mist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) night (b) pair (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) mist (b) right (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) wait (b) their (c) one
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) sail (c) maid
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) buy (b) blew (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) deer (b) tale (c) heel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) flour (b) steal (c) sun
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) there (c) knot
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) sea (b) there (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sun (c) eight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heel (b) flower (c) there
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) see (b) not (c) weight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) night (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) there (b) buy (c) break
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) dear (b) their (c) pair
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) maid (b) there (c) sun
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) toe (c) see
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) son (b) break (c) mist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) sale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) passed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) no (b) deer (c) flour
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) road (b) one (c) flu
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) week (b) sea (c) there
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) groan (b) sun (c) meet

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. past
  3. maid
  4. weak
  5. deer
  6. flour
  7. missed
  8. pear
  9. weight
  10. hole
  11. sale
  12. heel
  13. break
  14. wait
  15. see
  16. mist
  17. pair
  18. right
  19. one
  20. eight
  21. write
  22. heel
  23. sun
  24. bare
  25. passed
  26. one
  27. flower
  28. not
  29. blue
  30. break
  31. their
  32. there
  33. waist
  34. mist
  35. sale
  36. allowed
  37. deer
  38. flu
  39. there
  40. meet

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