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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 525 · 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 “mail”? (a) whole (b) male (c) aloud
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) week (b) no (c) bare
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) right (c) dear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) won (b) sea (c) whole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) rose
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flour (b) pear (c) waste
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) hole (c) grown
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) new (b) hole (c) their
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) bear (b) meet (c) rose
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) pair (b) plane (c) rode
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) meet (b) weight (c) cell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) steal (c) knot
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) son (b) one (c) heal
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) steal (b) deer (c) wait
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) break
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) know (b) tale (c) plain
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) wait (b) here (c) sail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) deer (b) toe (c) sail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) heel (c) hear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) tow (b) blue (c) maid
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) flower (b) tale (c) bare
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) tail (b) groan (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) week (b) heel (c) plane
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) right (b) missed (c) pear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) steel (b) brake (c) maid
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) male (b) knot (c) flower
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) sun (c) night
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) son (b) flour (c) aloud
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) knew (b) heal (c) son
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) mist (b) past (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) sail (b) rows (c) flower
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) flour (b) sale (c) know
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) wait (b) mail (c) sell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) by (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) male (b) tale (c) mist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) meat (b) night (c) groan
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) tail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) sell (c) groan
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) flu (c) bear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) flower (c) flew

Answer key

  1. male
  2. no
  3. hole
  4. whole
  5. meat
  6. waste
  7. peace
  8. hole
  9. rose
  10. plane
  11. weight
  12. pair
  13. one
  14. deer
  15. whole
  16. tale
  17. sail
  18. sail
  19. knew
  20. blue
  21. tale
  22. groan
  23. plane
  24. pear
  25. maid
  26. flower
  27. ate
  28. flour
  29. son
  30. past
  31. rows
  32. sale
  33. mail
  34. passed
  35. mist
  36. groan
  37. sun
  38. break
  39. right
  40. rose

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