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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 543 · 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 “made”? (a) maid (b) past (c) brake
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) pair (b) steel (c) piece
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) mist (b) by (c) pear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) road (b) sun (c) bare
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) meat (b) rows (c) week
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flu (b) passed (c) by
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) heal (c) blew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) tale (b) waste (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) male (b) whole (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) eight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) not (b) aloud (c) waste
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) not (c) sell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) no (b) pear (c) tale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) tail (c) sell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) eight (c) aloud
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) son (b) bare (c) sea
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) dear (b) write (c) grown
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) knew (b) steel (c) maid
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) male (b) groan (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) knot (b) flour (c) dear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) no (b) missed (c) flour
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) hear (b) one (c) mist
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) deer (c) right
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) rode (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) knew (b) week (c) pear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) sale (b) missed (c) past
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) bear (b) allowed (c) pear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) right (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) by (b) road (c) missed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) plane (b) steel (c) weak
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) berry (c) waste
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) their (b) hole (c) see
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) know (b) groan (c) see
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) hear (c) weak
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) bear (b) groan (c) plain
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) missed (b) right (c) bury
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) see (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) new (c) weight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) plane

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. piece
  3. pear
  4. sun
  5. rows
  6. passed
  7. cell
  8. waste
  9. whole
  10. sell
  11. waste
  12. weak
  13. tale
  14. tail
  15. heel
  16. pair
  17. sea
  18. grown
  19. steel
  20. groan
  21. dear
  22. missed
  23. mist
  24. blew
  25. new
  26. week
  27. missed
  28. allowed
  29. flower
  30. road
  31. weak
  32. road
  33. see
  34. groan
  35. pair
  36. plain
  37. bury
  38. night
  39. eight
  40. brake

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