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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 560 · 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 “tow”? (a) toe (b) no (c) past
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) new (c) rose
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) night (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) by (b) flower (c) eight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) blue
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) knight (b) sail (c) sell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) no (b) bear (c) won
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) pair (b) deer (c) tail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) whole (b) weak (c) plain
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) there (b) rows (c) brake
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) flour (b) passed (c) male
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) write (b) blew (c) whole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) blew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) rode
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) plane (b) steel (c) knot
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) there (c) won
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) hole (b) bury (c) new
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) sell (b) waste (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) rose (b) steal (c) heel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) hear (c) tow
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) hole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) whole (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) toe (b) mail (c) mist
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) aloud (c) dear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) by
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) knight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) week (b) rows (c) pair
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) sail (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) blew (b) steal (c) passed
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) week (b) cell (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) peace
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) flew (b) no (c) buy
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) know (c) night
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blew (b) brake (c) rode
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) made (c) peace
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) steal (c) peace
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) here (b) piece (c) see
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) sail (c) plain
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) plane (c) knew

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. sale
  3. flower
  4. eight
  5. grown
  6. sail
  7. bear
  8. tail
  9. weak
  10. rows
  11. male
  12. whole
  13. rode
  14. ate
  15. steel
  16. mail
  17. bury
  18. waste
  19. steal
  20. heel
  21. hole
  22. break
  23. mist
  24. wait
  25. sell
  26. knight
  27. pair
  28. plain
  29. passed
  30. cell
  31. pear
  32. no
  33. their
  34. rode
  35. knot
  36. there
  37. heel
  38. see
  39. hear
  40. hole

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