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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 491 · 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 “aloud”? (a) weak (b) right (c) allowed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sale (b) allowed (c) rose
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sun (b) steel (c) there
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) plane (b) steal (c) buy
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) whole (b) meat (c) bury
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) knew (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) knight (b) bury (c) tale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) steal (b) no (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) no
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) right (b) heal (c) road
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) aloud (b) mist (c) see
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) night (c) waste
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) whole (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) new (b) piece (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) ate (b) one (c) sail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) week (c) steal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) made (c) dear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) night (b) flower (c) rows
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) sell (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) mist (b) there (c) meat
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) waste (b) son (c) past
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) plain (b) see (c) here
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) knight (b) week (c) sell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) dear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) waste (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) mail (b) one (c) steel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) not (b) cell (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) not (b) tail (c) deer
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) whole
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) hear (b) tale (c) rose
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) steel (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) meet (b) heal (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) knot (c) write
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) son (b) missed (c) new
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) sun (b) steal (c) buy
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) bear (b) brake (c) peace

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. rose
  3. there
  4. buy
  5. bury
  6. break
  7. tale
  8. son
  9. no
  10. road
  11. mist
  12. dear
  13. ate
  14. bare
  15. one
  16. flew
  17. heel
  18. know
  19. rows
  20. groan
  21. night
  22. meat
  23. past
  24. here
  25. sell
  26. flour
  27. sell
  28. weight
  29. steel
  30. waste
  31. deer
  32. whole
  33. rose
  34. weak
  35. wait
  36. heal
  37. deer
  38. new
  39. steal
  40. peace

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