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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 563 · 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 “son”? (a) sun (b) aloud (c) flew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) tail (b) brake (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) knot (b) toe (c) weight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) no (b) rode (c) son
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) allowed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) week (b) there (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) male (b) grown (c) blew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) there (b) rode (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) knot (b) allowed (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) tail (b) dear (c) one
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) waist (b) missed (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flower (b) hear (c) write
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) brake (b) know (c) night
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) there (b) brake (c) rows
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) knew (c) bear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) see (b) past (c) missed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) not (b) tow (c) heel
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) piece
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) flu (b) mail (c) blue
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) bare (c) eight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) new (b) waist (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) mist (b) deer (c) see
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) waste (b) male (c) pear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) deer (c) allowed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) allowed (b) knot (c) male
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) past (c) by
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) tow (c) missed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) one
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) ate (c) tail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) see (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) blew (c) pair
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) son (b) hear (c) sale
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) won (b) made (c) new
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) see (b) break (c) buy
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) night (b) pair (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) sale (c) steel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) won (b) meat (c) made
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) peace
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) new (b) their (c) hole

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. brake
  3. toe
  4. son
  5. meet
  6. there
  7. blew
  8. rode
  9. allowed
  10. dear
  11. tale
  12. hear
  13. night
  14. rows
  15. waste
  16. past
  17. tow
  18. meat
  19. mail
  20. plain
  21. cell
  22. deer
  23. pear
  24. tail
  25. knot
  26. weak
  27. one
  28. rows
  29. aloud
  30. waist
  31. no
  32. hear
  33. new
  34. sail
  35. break
  36. pair
  37. male
  38. made
  39. sea
  40. hole

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