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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 574 · 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 “rose”? (a) their (b) steal (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) bury (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) heel (b) brake (c) weak
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) eight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) waist (b) tail (c) bear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) heel (b) write (c) rows
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) past (b) rode (c) plain
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) pair (c) groan
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) plane
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) plain
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) blue (b) allowed (c) rows
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) night (c) blew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) tow (b) sale (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) one (b) wait (c) steel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) one (b) night (c) knot
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) mist (b) plane (c) knot
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) allowed (b) see (c) write
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) tale (b) one (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) made (b) bare (c) not
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) plain
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) write (b) hear (c) steal
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) piece (b) passed (c) one
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) eight (b) week (c) sell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) meat (c) heal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) blue (b) knight (c) passed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) hear (b) road (c) plain
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) sun (b) write (c) rose
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) no (b) one (c) bare
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) one (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) son (b) one (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) hear (c) road
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) one
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) here (b) groan (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) one (b) knight (c) aloud
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) rose (c) flower
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) piece (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) steel (b) peace (c) son
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) tale (c) right
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) here (b) weight (c) tail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) road (b) tow (c) right

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. sun
  3. brake
  4. toe
  5. tail
  6. write
  7. rode
  8. waste
  9. plane
  10. hear
  11. rows
  12. see
  13. no
  14. wait
  15. night
  16. plane
  17. see
  18. flower
  19. not
  20. plain
  21. steal
  22. passed
  23. week
  24. allowed
  25. knight
  26. road
  27. rose
  28. bare
  29. dear
  30. one
  31. know
  32. sale
  33. groan
  34. aloud
  35. sale
  36. here
  37. peace
  38. plain
  39. weight
  40. tow

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