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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 617 · 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 “allowed”? (a) wait (b) aloud (c) rose
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meat (b) right (c) their
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) steel (b) one (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) bear (c) male
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) new (b) tale (c) flour
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) weight (b) passed (c) flu
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) missed (b) sun (c) piece
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) weight (c) won
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) sell (b) allowed (c) weight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) male (b) week (c) whole
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) weak (b) by (c) sail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) one
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) plane (c) peace
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flower (b) bear (c) hear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) steal
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) break (b) blew (c) deer
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) blue (b) knew (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) buy (b) whole (c) their
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) meet (b) sale (c) plain
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rose (b) meat (c) rode
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) piece
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) no (c) mist
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) past (b) piece (c) road
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) allowed (c) by
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) deer (b) allowed (c) new
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) grown (c) new
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) no (b) waste (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) sea (c) groan
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) tail (b) hear (c) waste
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) male (b) rode (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) meet (c) waste
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blew (b) sea (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) week (b) waste (c) sail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) ate (b) rode (c) plain
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) steel (b) flu (c) know
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) knew (c) plain
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) rode (b) by (c) waste
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) steel (c) weight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) blew (c) right

Answer key

  1. aloud
  2. their
  3. right
  4. sale
  5. tale
  6. passed
  7. sun
  8. knew
  9. allowed
  10. week
  11. by
  12. flower
  13. plane
  14. bear
  15. cell
  16. deer
  17. bury
  18. knew
  19. whole
  20. plain
  21. rode
  22. knight
  23. see
  24. road
  25. heel
  26. new
  27. maid
  28. their
  29. steel
  30. hear
  31. rode
  32. tail
  33. sea
  34. sail
  35. plain
  36. flu
  37. break
  38. waste
  39. cell
  40. sea

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