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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 514 · 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 “see”? (a) son (b) peace (c) sea
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) know (b) male (c) groan
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) made (b) past (c) meet
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) waste (b) night (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) heal (b) male (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) past (b) plane (c) cell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) weak (b) deer (c) made
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sell (b) past (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) blue (b) meet (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) sale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) flew (b) made (c) steel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) one (b) ate (c) hear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) maid (b) plane (c) eight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) mist (b) male (c) dear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) deer (b) aloud (c) bear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) mist (c) maid
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) grown (b) knight (c) road
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) waste (b) knew (c) missed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) tail (b) missed (c) here
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) bare (c) pair
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) see (b) eight (c) know
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) heel (b) tale (c) right
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) berry (b) pair (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) here (b) won (c) road
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) won (b) hole (c) not
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) not (c) one
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) right (c) break
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) heel (b) write (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) brake (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sell (b) waist (c) write
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) dear (b) missed (c) see
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sea (b) berry (c) there
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) mail (b) won (c) write
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) road (b) flu (c) past
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) sell
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) made (b) blew (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flu (b) knight (c) bare
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) ate (b) toe (c) meat
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) there (b) plane (c) passed

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. groan
  3. past
  4. maid
  5. waist
  6. plane
  7. made
  8. past
  9. pear
  10. flour
  11. steel
  12. ate
  13. eight
  14. dear
  15. rode
  16. aloud
  17. heal
  18. road
  19. knew
  20. missed
  21. toe
  22. know
  23. tale
  24. cell
  25. won
  26. hole
  27. by
  28. hear
  29. write
  30. sail
  31. waist
  32. see
  33. there
  34. write
  35. flu
  36. sale
  37. piece
  38. knight
  39. meat
  40. passed

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