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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 657 · 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 “night”? (a) pair (b) see (c) knight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) maid (b) flour (c) tale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) sale (b) waist (c) road
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rows (b) grown (c) bare
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) meat (c) waste
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) wait (c) write
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) tow (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) not (b) sell (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) toe (b) male (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) by (c) their
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sun (b) heel (c) pair
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) bear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) by (b) cell (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) wait (b) blue (c) grown
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) rode (c) made
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) berry (b) plane (c) peace
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) bare (b) tail (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) pear (c) flu
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) berry (b) there (c) deer
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) toe (c) road
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) won (c) tail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) meat (b) night (c) dear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) night (c) flu
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) mist (b) made (c) brake
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) no (b) buy (c) allowed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) cell (b) dear (c) son
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) buy (c) see
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) there (b) heal (c) sale
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) eight (b) berry (c) steel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) road (c) knew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) week (b) past (c) heal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) knight (b) right (c) toe
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) deer
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) write
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) heal (c) plane
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) mail (b) new (c) weight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) tale (b) weak (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) flower (b) week (c) here
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) waist (b) tow (c) there

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. flour
  3. road
  4. bare
  5. not
  6. maid
  7. bear
  8. sell
  9. pair
  10. grown
  11. pair
  12. rode
  13. cell
  14. grown
  15. passed
  16. peace
  17. brake
  18. one
  19. deer
  20. week
  21. plane
  22. night
  23. eight
  24. brake
  25. allowed
  26. son
  27. ate
  28. sale
  29. steel
  30. sell
  31. heal
  32. toe
  33. deer
  34. write
  35. ate
  36. new
  37. mail
  38. male
  39. week
  40. tow

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