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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 503 · 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) whole (b) knight (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) no (b) one (c) right
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) one (b) steel (c) flew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) son
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) toe (b) tale (c) hear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) road
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) there (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) male (c) heel
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) write (c) hole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) pear (b) road (c) rows
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) heel (b) grown (c) sun
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) missed (b) won (c) aloud
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) toe (b) past (c) write
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) rose (b) right (c) weak
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) maid (b) know (c) past
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) blue (b) there (c) allowed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) allowed (b) tale (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) mail (b) hole (c) flu
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) not (c) rose
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) knight (c) sun
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) sea (c) steel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) aloud (b) flu (c) bury
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) one (c) waste
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) bear (b) one (c) sale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) bury (b) eight (c) passed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) meat (b) new (c) hole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) flower (b) plain (c) maid
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) made (b) peace (c) flower
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flew (b) whole (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) rose (b) tow (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) right (c) bear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) tale (b) won (c) brake
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) heel (b) pear (c) one
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) bury
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) there (b) blew (c) plain
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) bear (b) steal (c) weight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) new (c) tale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) buy (c) week
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) not (c) hear

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. right
  3. flew
  4. maid
  5. tale
  6. road
  7. knew
  8. bear
  9. new
  10. rows
  11. grown
  12. won
  13. write
  14. weak
  15. know
  16. allowed
  17. pair
  18. heel
  19. flu
  20. won
  21. made
  22. write
  23. flu
  24. son
  25. one
  26. eight
  27. hole
  28. plain
  29. peace
  30. waste
  31. past
  32. plane
  33. brake
  34. one
  35. bury
  36. blew
  37. steal
  38. dear
  39. son
  40. their

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