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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 547 · 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 “rows”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) past (b) maid (c) buy
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) whole (c) sail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) knight (c) flu
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) mist (b) break (c) know
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) hear (b) passed (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) blue (b) groan (c) knot
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sell (b) pair (c) no
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hear (b) new (c) plane
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) know (c) groan
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) plane (b) whole (c) tail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) by
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) bury (b) heel (c) their
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) one (b) made (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) aloud (b) here (c) grown
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) peace (b) won (c) sell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) road (b) peace (c) sail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) plane (b) hear (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) eight (b) berry (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) break (b) right (c) made
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) here (b) brake (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) steal (c) not
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) missed (b) toe (c) deer
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) eight (b) flower (c) weight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) there (b) break (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) break (b) pear (c) know
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) new (c) past
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) eight (b) not (c) week
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flour (b) mail (c) won
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) son (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) past (c) ate
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sail (b) no (c) blew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sea (c) meat
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) male (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) pear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) road (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) week (b) right (c) sea
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) blew (c) tow

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. maid
  3. deer
  4. meat
  5. break
  6. blue
  7. groan
  8. no
  9. new
  10. berry
  11. whole
  12. dear
  13. heel
  14. missed
  15. grown
  16. won
  17. sail
  18. hear
  19. berry
  20. made
  21. brake
  22. won
  23. toe
  24. bear
  25. flower
  26. break
  27. know
  28. weight
  29. not
  30. mail
  31. toe
  32. write
  33. rode
  34. blew
  35. flu
  36. ate
  37. meat
  38. cell
  39. right
  40. knot

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