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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 527 · 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) piece (b) one (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) there (c) won
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) mist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) peace (c) new
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) cell (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) knew (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) meet (c) knot
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) hear (b) break (c) waste
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) by (b) wait (c) aloud
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) no (c) son
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) meat (b) by (c) sea
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) won (b) no (c) passed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) sail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) tale (c) heal
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) hear (b) there (c) mist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) rows (b) son (c) bury
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) mist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) hear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) pair (b) deer (c) hear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) sun (c) aloud
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) one (b) tow (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) write (b) flour (c) night
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) grown (b) piece (c) rode
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) weight (b) waist (c) toe
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) brake
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) groan (b) plain (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blew (b) bury (c) won
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) one (b) sell (c) flew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) past (b) knew (c) rose
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) flower (c) sun
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) won (b) sale (c) heel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) knight (b) won (c) heal
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) waist (c) see
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sail (c) son
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) new (b) bury (c) won
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) bare (c) wait
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) son (b) tow (c) grown
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) maid (b) bury (c) plane
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) buy (b) road (c) eight

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. knew
  3. flour
  4. heal
  5. pair
  6. here
  7. allowed
  8. toe
  9. break
  10. aloud
  11. tale
  12. by
  13. no
  14. sun
  15. write
  16. mist
  17. son
  18. grown
  19. pear
  20. hear
  21. pear
  22. tow
  23. night
  24. rode
  25. toe
  26. bare
  27. peace
  28. bury
  29. sell
  30. knew
  31. maid
  32. sale
  33. heal
  34. flew
  35. weak
  36. won
  37. see
  38. tow
  39. bury
  40. road

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