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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 629 · 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) aloud (b) rode (c) wait
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) knew (b) road (c) right
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) heel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) sale (c) blew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) bear (c) pear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) road (c) knew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) allowed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) pair
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) tow (b) waist (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) sail (b) buy (c) here
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) maid (b) sale (c) no
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) heal (b) sun (c) won
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) waste (b) male (c) bury
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) male (b) heel (c) hole
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) one (b) peace (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) one (b) rows (c) new
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sea (b) flu (c) plain
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) bear (b) grown (c) won
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) peace (b) toe (c) sea
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) blue (b) meet (c) right
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) son (b) sale (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) knight (c) rode
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) won (b) hear (c) right
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) mist (b) knight (c) bare
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) sale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) knot (c) past
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) berry (b) heel (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) meet (b) night (c) bare
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sell (b) by (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) maid (c) tail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) ate (b) wait (c) brake
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) ate (b) won (c) road
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) waist (c) rode
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) there (b) no (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) sell (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) aloud (b) hear (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) blew (b) no (c) pear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) steal (b) blue (c) allowed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) knot (b) piece (c) plain
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) here (c) dear

Answer key

  1. aloud
  2. road
  3. weak
  4. tow
  5. their
  6. sun
  7. allowed
  8. ate
  9. missed
  10. here
  11. no
  12. sun
  13. bury
  14. hole
  15. meat
  16. rows
  17. plain
  18. won
  19. sea
  20. meet
  21. plain
  22. new
  23. hear
  24. bare
  25. sale
  26. weight
  27. son
  28. night
  29. by
  30. dear
  31. brake
  32. road
  33. tail
  34. pair
  35. heel
  36. dear
  37. pear
  38. allowed
  39. piece
  40. male

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