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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 584 · 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 “grown”? (a) rows (b) groan (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knot (b) eight (c) sun
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) steal (b) bare (c) toe
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) groan (b) right (c) hole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) break (c) one
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) knot (c) one
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) new (c) by
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) write (b) week (c) bear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) here (b) wait (c) steel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) flower (b) cell (c) road
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) ate (b) heal (c) meet
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) not (c) buy
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) bury (b) right (c) pear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) groan (c) allowed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) buy
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) deer
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) tale (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) waste (b) buy (c) ate
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) by (b) flu (c) sail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) buy (b) maid (c) pair
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hear (b) rows (c) night
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) buy (c) rode
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) knot (b) deer (c) sail
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) allowed (c) right
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) allowed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) male
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) week (b) sail (c) steal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sun (b) their (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) night (b) eight (c) buy
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) night (c) ate
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) eight (b) hear (c) blue
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) eight (c) peace
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) aloud (b) break (c) blew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) see (b) steel (c) aloud
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) new (b) weak (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) ate (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) new (b) sell (c) sea
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tale (b) knew (c) pear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) not (b) made (c) aloud
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) tale (b) write (c) wait

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. sun
  3. toe
  4. hole
  5. tow
  6. rode
  7. whole
  8. bear
  9. wait
  10. road
  11. meet
  12. piece
  13. pear
  14. brake
  15. eight
  16. cell
  17. bare
  18. ate
  19. sail
  20. pair
  21. rows
  22. no
  23. sail
  24. dear
  25. allowed
  26. male
  27. steal
  28. their
  29. buy
  30. blew
  31. blue
  32. son
  33. break
  34. aloud
  35. weak
  36. by
  37. sea
  38. knew
  39. made
  40. wait

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