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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 624 · 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 “new”? (a) weak (b) knew (c) break
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) peace (c) new
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) dear (c) missed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) hole (b) here (c) rode
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) week (b) maid (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) passed (c) piece
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) hole (b) knew (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) weight
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) knot (c) whole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) knot (b) male (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) pear (b) here (c) rode
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) dear (b) blue (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) waste (b) knot (c) there
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) road (b) see (c) break
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) flower
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) allowed (c) plane
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) aloud
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) see (c) here
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) there (b) buy (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) flour
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) missed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) steal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) buy (b) weight (c) peace
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) maid (c) toe
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) week (b) maid (c) hear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) knot (c) one
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) one (b) hear (c) mail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) steal (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) past (b) deer (c) meet
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) here (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) rode (b) toe (c) write
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) mail (b) tail (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) rose (b) mist (c) their
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) sail (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) dear (b) blue (c) past
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) night (b) rode (c) weak
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bury (b) tale (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) hear (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) peace (b) toe (c) pear

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. made
  3. write
  4. here
  5. bare
  6. heel
  7. knew
  8. weight
  9. berry
  10. eight
  11. here
  12. sun
  13. knot
  14. see
  15. flower
  16. road
  17. aloud
  18. pair
  19. buy
  20. rows
  21. missed
  22. steal
  23. weight
  24. piece
  25. maid
  26. meat
  27. mail
  28. waist
  29. deer
  30. pear
  31. write
  32. their
  33. mist
  34. there
  35. weak
  36. past
  37. weak
  38. see
  39. one
  40. toe

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