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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 586 · 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 “plane”? (a) plain (b) mist (c) there
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) maid (b) rode (c) hear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) cell (b) blue (c) bear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) passed (b) meat (c) heal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) pear (c) know
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) missed (b) rode (c) weak
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) male (b) maid (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) male (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) mail (c) groan
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) there (b) steal (c) whole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) son (b) flu (c) knight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) by (b) know (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) hole (b) week (c) peace
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) weak (b) hear (c) past
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) made (c) tail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) bury
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) flower
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) piece (b) won (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) won (b) flour (c) eight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) knot (b) cell (c) past
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) dear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) brake (b) bare (c) road
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) eight (b) their (c) passed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) peace (c) by
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) week (c) sell
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sale (b) heel (c) rows
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) bear (b) maid (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) hole (b) steel (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) tale (c) sale
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) hear (b) aloud (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) right (b) made (c) mail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) male (b) sell (c) made
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) sell (b) tow (c) road
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) road
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) ate (b) piece (c) right
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) see (c) deer
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) steel (b) not (c) meat
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) won (b) sun (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) night (b) not (c) no
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) rose (b) no (c) blew

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. rode
  3. bear
  4. heal
  5. bare
  6. weak
  7. one
  8. ate
  9. steal
  10. whole
  11. knight
  12. know
  13. week
  14. past
  15. see
  16. missed
  17. sun
  18. won
  19. eight
  20. cell
  21. sail
  22. road
  23. passed
  24. dear
  25. sea
  26. heel
  27. flew
  28. flower
  29. flour
  30. waste
  31. made
  32. sell
  33. tow
  34. whole
  35. right
  36. aloud
  37. meat
  38. peace
  39. no
  40. blew

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