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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 504 · 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) meat (b) tow (c) heel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) flower (b) mail (c) whole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) bury (b) their (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) pear (c) break
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) knot (c) berry
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) there (b) piece (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) new (b) meet (c) tale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) berry (c) their
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) write (c) see
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) grown (b) no (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) heel (b) knew (c) blue
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) steal (b) heel (c) wait
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) buy
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) blew (b) week (c) sail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) dear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) toe (c) groan
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) no (b) missed (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) plane (b) pair (c) groan
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) bear (b) sail (c) peace
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) eight (b) maid (c) one
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) flour (c) week
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) buy (b) allowed (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) eight (b) bear (c) maid
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) grown (b) one (c) deer
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) eight (b) bear (c) dear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) sail (c) meet
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) there (b) road (c) tow
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) here (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) right (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) flu (b) plain (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) sea (c) pair
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) toe (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) no (b) by (c) week
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) there (b) bare (c) weak
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bury (b) knot (c) see
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mail (b) mist (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) knot (b) flower (c) mail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) won (b) heel (c) peace
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) blue (c) ate

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. mail
  3. their
  4. see
  5. hear
  6. piece
  7. tale
  8. rose
  9. mail
  10. sun
  11. groan
  12. knew
  13. heel
  14. buy
  15. week
  16. wait
  17. know
  18. waste
  19. pair
  20. sail
  21. one
  22. here
  23. allowed
  24. maid
  25. one
  26. bear
  27. weight
  28. tow
  29. past
  30. pear
  31. plain
  32. past
  33. break
  34. week
  35. weak
  36. see
  37. mist
  38. flower
  39. peace
  40. tow

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