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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 634 · 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 “whole”? (a) hole (b) rode (c) male
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) blew (b) piece (c) knew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) maid
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) sale (c) night
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) blue (b) waist (c) ate
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sail (b) waist (c) pear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) toe (c) waist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) new (b) rows (c) cell
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) plane (c) no
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) deer (b) grown (c) buy
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) passed (b) bare (c) meet
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) peace (b) write (c) see
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) right (b) maid (c) break
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) hear (b) made (c) break
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) hole (b) peace (c) dear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) bury (b) road (c) peace
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) knot (c) sale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) pear (b) toe (c) see
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) tail (c) groan
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) made (b) bury (c) know
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) groan (c) right
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) wait (b) sale (c) flower
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sale (b) maid (c) buy
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sale (b) deer (c) tale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) whole (b) new (c) toe
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) groan (c) know
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) rows (c) steal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flower (b) son (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) aloud (b) their (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) their (b) allowed (c) rows
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) rows (b) meat (c) mail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) plain (c) brake
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) bear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) night (b) right (c) sale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) plain (c) not
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) rows (c) meat
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) plane (c) knight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) here (b) flew (c) tale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) allowed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) plane (b) see (c) hear

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. piece
  3. wait
  4. sea
  5. waist
  6. pear
  7. tail
  8. cell
  9. blue
  10. grown
  11. bare
  12. see
  13. break
  14. break
  15. dear
  16. peace
  17. week
  18. see
  19. weight
  20. know
  21. plain
  22. sale
  23. buy
  24. tale
  25. toe
  26. heal
  27. flower
  28. right
  29. pair
  30. rows
  31. mail
  32. son
  33. bear
  34. right
  35. brake
  36. blue
  37. bury
  38. tale
  39. their
  40. hear

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