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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 530 · 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 “son”? (a) flour (b) sun (c) maid
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) eight (b) brake (c) peace
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) hole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) break (b) toe (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) rose (b) pair (c) mail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) peace (b) groan (c) ate
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) their (c) bury
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) eight (b) waste (c) flour
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) son (b) steal (c) heal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) write (b) pear (c) there
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) right (b) sale (c) waist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) heel (c) wait
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) their (b) heel (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) piece (c) knight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) week (c) weight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) weak (b) road (c) there
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sun (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) won (b) plain (c) waist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) brake (b) cell (c) tow
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) night (b) break (c) sell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) knew (b) by (c) road
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) write
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) write (b) know (c) maid
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) sea (b) made (c) buy
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) hear (b) ate (c) blue
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) by
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) heal (b) blew (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) groan (b) flower (c) bear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) brake (b) waste (c) here
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) see (b) maid (c) break
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) by (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) night (b) waste (c) pear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) eight (b) son (c) night
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) tale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sale (b) tale (c) flour
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) here (b) sea (c) son
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) maid (c) weak
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) here (b) flour (c) week
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) not (c) right

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. sun
  3. peace
  4. steel
  5. see
  6. mail
  7. groan
  8. allowed
  9. flour
  10. heal
  11. there
  12. sale
  13. eight
  14. heel
  15. deer
  16. maid
  17. there
  18. piece
  19. plain
  20. cell
  21. break
  22. road
  23. write
  24. maid
  25. made
  26. blue
  27. hear
  28. flower
  29. bear
  30. waste
  31. break
  32. new
  33. pear
  34. night
  35. tale
  36. tale
  37. sea
  38. brake
  39. week
  40. road

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