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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 53 · 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 “blue”? (a) weight (b) tow (c) blew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) night (b) male (c) plane
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) write (b) tale (c) night
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) waist (c) heel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) plain (b) son (c) hole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flour (b) pear (c) right
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sea (b) here (c) steel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) blue
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) one (b) by (c) dear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) hole (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) dear (b) knight (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) right (b) whole (c) meat
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sail (b) break (c) one
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) plain (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pear (b) past (c) piece
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) their (b) flour (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) tale (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) one (c) right
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) week (b) plane (c) right
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) steal (b) night (c) male
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) tail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) steal (b) here (c) pair
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) break (b) mist (c) past
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sell (b) here (c) whole
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) no (b) road (c) write
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) steel (b) meat (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) won (b) aloud (c) grown
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) plain (b) tow (c) weight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) tale
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) piece (b) rode (c) bear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) tail (c) bear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) flour (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) sell (c) bear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) blue (b) waste (c) one
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) know (b) waste (c) hear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) pear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) berry (c) waist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) blue (b) plain (c) whole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) meet (b) son (c) rows
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) flower (c) sell

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. male
  3. tale
  4. buy
  5. hole
  6. pear
  7. steel
  8. allowed
  9. dear
  10. plain
  11. missed
  12. meat
  13. break
  14. won
  15. piece
  16. flour
  17. ate
  18. rode
  19. plane
  20. male
  21. flew
  22. pair
  23. mist
  24. here
  25. road
  26. mail
  27. aloud
  28. weight
  29. bury
  30. bear
  31. pair
  32. rose
  33. won
  34. one
  35. waste
  36. pear
  37. grown
  38. whole
  39. son
  40. one

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