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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 605 · 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 “piece”? (a) road (b) sun (c) peace
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) pair (b) ate (c) no
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) break (c) flu
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) deer (b) wait (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) whole (b) knew (c) know
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) new (b) sell (c) aloud
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) see (c) sell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) one (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flower (b) grown (c) here
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) by (b) sell (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) waist (c) rose
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) past (b) allowed (c) new
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) know (b) weight (c) knot
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) meat (c) break
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) right (b) past (c) ate
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) steal (c) sale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) night (c) not
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) ate (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) flower (b) deer (c) plain
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) ate (c) tail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) made (b) brake (c) knight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) aloud (c) rows
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) waste (b) sea (c) one
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) cell (b) pear (c) plain
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) new (b) ate (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) grown (b) bare (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) mail (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) made (b) their (c) blue
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) break (b) male (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) flower (c) male
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) brake (b) maid (c) right
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) pair (b) waste (c) flew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) peace (b) flower (c) ate
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knot (b) eight (c) meet
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) flower (c) grown
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) their (b) bury (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) see (b) write (c) groan
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) knot (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) wait (c) maid
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) blew

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. ate
  3. grown
  4. flour
  5. knew
  6. sell
  7. made
  8. write
  9. grown
  10. rode
  11. knew
  12. new
  13. weight
  14. blew
  15. past
  16. won
  17. meat
  18. night
  19. plain
  20. peace
  21. brake
  22. deer
  23. sea
  24. pear
  25. night
  26. bare
  27. hear
  28. blue
  29. male
  30. right
  31. maid
  32. waste
  33. ate
  34. meet
  35. allowed
  36. bury
  37. groan
  38. week
  39. son
  40. mail

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