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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 50 · 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 “there”? (a) their (b) right (c) past
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) waist (b) groan (c) rose
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) blue (b) knight (c) break
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) weak (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) allowed (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) there (b) passed (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) wait (b) heal (c) dear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) meet (b) waist (c) steal
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) sail (c) cell
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) past (b) break (c) here
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flour (b) piece (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) meat (b) blue (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) here (b) one (c) knot
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) berry (c) meat
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) cell (b) blew (c) their
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) peace (b) blew (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) toe (c) road
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) meet (c) bare
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) eight (b) not (c) waist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) meet (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) rose (b) pear (c) hear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) pair (b) write (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) missed (c) pair
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) heel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sea (b) berry (c) bare
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) hear (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) no (b) ate (c) steal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sun (b) rode (c) waist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) peace (c) buy
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) dear (c) rose
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) here (b) son (c) meat
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) sun (b) whole (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) bear (c) flew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) there (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) hear (b) tow (c) plane
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sail (c) sell
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) there (c) rode
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) new (b) write (c) hear

Answer key

  1. their
  2. groan
  3. right
  4. knight
  5. knew
  6. sail
  7. rows
  8. dear
  9. steal
  10. hole
  11. here
  12. weight
  13. sail
  14. knot
  15. road
  16. their
  17. blew
  18. heel
  19. flu
  20. tale
  21. not
  22. piece
  23. pear
  24. see
  25. wait
  26. meet
  27. bare
  28. new
  29. ate
  30. rode
  31. made
  32. male
  33. meat
  34. whole
  35. won
  36. one
  37. plane
  38. tale
  39. mist
  40. hear

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