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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 545 · 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 “made”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) bear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) knew (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) allowed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) new (c) deer
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) tow (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) heal (b) rode (c) there
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) rose (b) male (c) know
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) cell (c) one
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) knight (b) bare (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) hole (b) sail (c) not
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) knot (c) flew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) bury (b) cell (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) sail (c) wait
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) eight (b) sun (c) sail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) aloud
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) break (b) new (c) not
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) weight (b) rows (c) see
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) made (b) right (c) not
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) plain (b) pear (c) heel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) missed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) their (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) son (b) buy (c) tail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) knew (b) no (c) deer
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) see (b) their (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flew (b) write (c) sale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) whole (c) maid
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) meat (b) rose (c) male
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) son (b) by (c) won
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sun (b) flew (c) heal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tail (b) weak (c) right
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) break (b) their (c) write
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) maid
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) past (b) write (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) passed (c) buy
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) knot
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) pair (b) maid (c) here
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) right (b) whole (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) see (b) sail (c) eight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sell (b) knew (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) new (b) heel (c) here

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. pear
  3. allowed
  4. heal
  5. knot
  6. there
  7. know
  8. missed
  9. hear
  10. not
  11. toe
  12. cell
  13. break
  14. sun
  15. aloud
  16. new
  17. see
  18. right
  19. pear
  20. rode
  21. flew
  22. tail
  23. deer
  24. bear
  25. write
  26. sail
  27. rose
  28. by
  29. flew
  30. weak
  31. their
  32. bury
  33. new
  34. aloud
  35. knot
  36. maid
  37. break
  38. eight
  39. flour
  40. here

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