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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 625 · 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 “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) peace (c) missed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) blew (c) waste
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) allowed (c) sell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) by (c) rows
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) meat (b) road (c) sea
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) buy (b) one (c) blew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) here (b) peace (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) weight (c) road
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) not (b) brake (c) bare
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) sale (b) by (c) sell
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) there (b) not (c) brake
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) break (c) sea
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) knot (b) groan (c) night
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) male (c) maid
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) tail (b) flour (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) knew (c) son
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) steal (b) hear (c) dear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) write
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sale (b) mail (c) berry
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) night (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) deer (b) bury (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) new (b) waste (c) not
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) won (b) toe (c) groan
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) here (b) new (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sun (b) grown (c) write
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) tail (b) see (c) sail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) meet (b) son (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) by (b) mail (c) knot
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) heel (b) sun (c) pear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) mist (b) new (c) rows
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) week (b) knew (c) son
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) blue (b) buy (c) bury
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) flour (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) plain (b) week (c) no
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) new (b) eight (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) pear (b) know (c) steal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) male (b) see (c) groan
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) no (b) heel (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) brake (c) toe

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. bear
  3. blue
  4. male
  5. sea
  6. blew
  7. wait
  8. sun
  9. bare
  10. by
  11. not
  12. new
  13. night
  14. weak
  15. brake
  16. aloud
  17. flower
  18. dear
  19. write
  20. berry
  21. ate
  22. hear
  23. not
  24. groan
  25. won
  26. grown
  27. sail
  28. maid
  29. mail
  30. pear
  31. rows
  32. son
  33. buy
  34. sell
  35. no
  36. write
  37. steal
  38. see
  39. pear
  40. tail

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