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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 515 · 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 “made”? (a) passed (b) maid (c) know
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) rows (c) right
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) whole (b) past (c) by
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) their (b) flour (c) passed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) knot (b) plain (c) tail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) maid (b) ate (c) bare
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) waste (b) rode (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sun (b) buy (c) toe
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) here (b) their (c) flew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) right (c) new
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) waist (b) grown (c) rode
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) wait (b) meat (c) weak
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) brake (b) road (c) berry
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) ate (b) steel (c) here
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) their (b) know (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) maid (c) pair
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) grown (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) new
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) hole (b) waste (c) flour
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) one (c) grown
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) their (b) sell (c) pear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) rode (b) rose (c) sale
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) write (b) mist (c) bear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) there (b) pear (c) berry
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) mist (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) no (b) steel (c) weak
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) past
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) knight (c) heel
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) hear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) heal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) bear (b) won (c) week
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flower (b) whole (c) new
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) tail (b) mail (c) there
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rode (b) allowed (c) bare
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) tail (b) by (c) break
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) sale (b) pear (c) break
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) hole (b) male (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) flower (c) pear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) by (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) flu (b) sell (c) bear

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. cell
  3. past
  4. passed
  5. plain
  6. ate
  7. rode
  8. buy
  9. their
  10. blue
  11. grown
  12. meat
  13. road
  14. here
  15. know
  16. tale
  17. one
  18. new
  19. waste
  20. flour
  21. pear
  22. sale
  23. mist
  24. berry
  25. pear
  26. weak
  27. flour
  28. flew
  29. hear
  30. heal
  31. won
  32. new
  33. mail
  34. allowed
  35. by
  36. break
  37. male
  38. dear
  39. plane
  40. bear

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