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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 540 · 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 “road”? (a) rode (b) hole (c) berry
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) ate (c) hole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) pair (b) sale (c) berry
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) flew (b) passed (c) rode
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) pear (c) sun
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) won (b) know (c) new
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) there (c) weak
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) toe (b) meet (c) maid
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tale (b) mail (c) tow
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) won (c) whole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) plain (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) steal (b) meat (c) plain
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) past (b) sail (c) knight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knight (b) one (c) sale
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) see (b) here (c) knot
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) rode (c) missed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) heal (b) steel (c) past
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) there (b) bear (c) knew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) bare (b) sea (c) week
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) here
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) bury (c) cell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) flower (c) rode
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) steal (b) whole (c) bare
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) wait (b) plain (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) knight (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) heal (b) peace (c) see
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) peace (c) rows
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) week (c) grown
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) flu (c) no
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) right (c) son
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) dear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) pear (b) weak (c) knew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) ate (b) deer (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) peace (b) plain (c) male
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) there (b) write (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) mist (b) wait (c) by
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) cell (b) pair (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) mail (b) pair (c) blew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) weak (c) no
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) meat (b) sale (c) hear

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. right
  3. berry
  4. passed
  5. road
  6. new
  7. peace
  8. maid
  9. tow
  10. break
  11. steal
  12. meat
  13. sail
  14. one
  15. knot
  16. tail
  17. steel
  18. bear
  19. sea
  20. pear
  21. hole
  22. blue
  23. whole
  24. plain
  25. whole
  26. see
  27. here
  28. pair
  29. rose
  30. cell
  31. dear
  32. knew
  33. bare
  34. male
  35. write
  36. wait
  37. pair
  38. blew
  39. meat
  40. hear

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