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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 539 · 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 “toe”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) tow
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) here (b) knot (c) past
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) their (b) rode (c) rows
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) flew (b) right (c) rode
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) sail (c) whole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) won (b) there (c) plane
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) male (b) waste (c) peace
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) flour (c) there
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) piece (b) deer (c) tow
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) berry (b) heal (c) plane
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) passed (b) male (c) won
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) meet (c) flew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) rose (b) eight (c) there
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) deer (c) peace
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) knew (b) plain (c) allowed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) blew (c) new
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meet (b) maid (c) tow
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steal (b) whole (c) ate
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flew (b) write (c) sea
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) road (c) waste
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) piece (b) grown (c) meat
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) waste
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) night (c) tale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) male (b) new (c) meat
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) made (c) see
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) cell (b) bare (c) past
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) plane (b) sail (c) heel
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) allowed (c) not
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) hole (c) mist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) maid (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) rode (c) flew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) night (b) week (c) sea
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) heal (b) road (c) new
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) rose (b) steal (c) here
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) berry (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) break (b) road (c) right
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) bear (b) whole (c) rows
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) hole (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) cell (b) plain (c) groan

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. knot
  3. rows
  4. rode
  5. weight
  6. plane
  7. waste
  8. deer
  9. deer
  10. eight
  11. plane
  12. won
  13. eight
  14. there
  15. week
  16. allowed
  17. whole
  18. maid
  19. ate
  20. write
  21. meat
  22. grown
  23. waste
  24. flower
  25. meat
  26. steel
  27. past
  28. heel
  29. knew
  30. blew
  31. sell
  32. tow
  33. sea
  34. new
  35. steal
  36. pear
  37. right
  38. whole
  39. mist
  40. groan

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