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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 666 · 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 “road”? (a) hear (b) tow (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) dear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) maid (c) waist
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) rose (c) son
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) rose (c) knew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) rose (b) flu (c) steel
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) pair (b) knight (c) meet
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) heel (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) brake
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) flour (c) dear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) waste
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) ate (b) flour (c) weight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) maid (b) eight (c) rode
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) wait (b) flu (c) sale
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) not (b) see (c) grown
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) deer
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) sun (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) mist (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) hole (b) plane (c) flu
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sale (b) tail (c) flew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) their (b) rows (c) sea
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) meet (b) toe (c) sea
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) flower (b) hole (c) sell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knot (b) won (c) blew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) mail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) new (b) their (c) rose
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) weak (c) flower
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) weak
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) whole (b) sell (c) son
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) wait (b) sail (c) cell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) son (b) write (c) by
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) flu (c) hear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) tow (b) waste (c) knew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) past (b) deer (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) night (b) flower (c) toe
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) week (b) allowed (c) here
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) tail (b) here (c) missed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flour (b) flew (c) sun
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) mail (b) steal (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) past (b) sail (c) know

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. hear
  3. pair
  4. bare
  5. right
  6. steel
  7. knight
  8. break
  9. brake
  10. tow
  11. waste
  12. weight
  13. eight
  14. flu
  15. see
  16. weak
  17. tow
  18. piece
  19. plane
  20. flew
  21. sea
  22. toe
  23. sell
  24. blew
  25. flour
  26. their
  27. heal
  28. their
  29. sell
  30. cell
  31. write
  32. meat
  33. waste
  34. by
  35. flower
  36. allowed
  37. here
  38. sun
  39. write
  40. sail

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