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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 552 · 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 “rows”? (a) sun (b) here (c) rose
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) buy (c) heal
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) knight (c) rows
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) flour (b) blew (c) weight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tow (b) past (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) berry (b) flower (c) pear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) ate (c) peace
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) no (c) right
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) cell (c) grown
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) plain (b) blue (c) meet
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) hole (c) flu
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) won (b) made (c) break
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) dear (b) pair (c) blew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) sell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) peace (c) flew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) allowed (b) there (c) rows
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sell (b) eight (c) buy
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) aloud (b) plain (c) flew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) steal (b) plain (c) sun
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tow (b) brake (c) blew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) buy (c) past
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) plain (b) sale (c) piece
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) night (b) waste (c) heel
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) bury (b) sail (c) meet
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) here
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) maid (b) not (c) waste
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) write
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) mail (c) knew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) made (b) son (c) rows
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) pear (b) deer (c) grown
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) road (b) one (c) wait
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) berry (b) one (c) write
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) passed (b) blew (c) hear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) new (b) buy (c) pear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) hear (c) night
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) no (b) write (c) blue
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) wait (b) no (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) blew (c) peace
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) pair

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. won
  3. no
  4. weight
  5. steal
  6. flower
  7. sea
  8. rode
  9. ate
  10. flew
  11. meet
  12. here
  13. break
  14. pair
  15. bear
  16. night
  17. there
  18. buy
  19. plain
  20. plain
  21. blew
  22. mail
  23. piece
  24. heel
  25. sail
  26. weak
  27. waste
  28. ate
  29. dear
  30. rows
  31. grown
  32. one
  33. one
  34. hear
  35. pear
  36. pear
  37. write
  38. sell
  39. allowed
  40. pair

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