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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 680 · 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 “heal”? (a) sail (b) maid (c) heel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) past (b) road (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) one (b) berry (c) rose
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) hear (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sun (b) won (c) wait
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) ate (b) no (c) knight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) week (b) bear (c) knot
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blew (b) piece (c) meet
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) pear (b) hole (c) hear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) knew (b) bury (c) write
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) there (b) past (c) tale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) waste (b) brake (c) dear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tail (b) plain (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) waist (b) pair (c) peace
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) waste (b) whole (c) deer
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) bury (b) buy (c) sell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) bare (b) pear (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) won (b) grown (c) brake
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) pear (b) road (c) flower
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) right (b) flu (c) grown
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) maid (b) dear (c) sea
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bare (b) break (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) plane (b) break (c) sale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) right
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) knew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) tail (b) sell (c) son
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) ate (b) not (c) whole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) groan (b) peace (c) blew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) flour (b) buy (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) knew (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) hole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) rows (b) flower (c) tail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) week (b) night (c) piece
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) groan (c) sun
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) blue (b) heal (c) weight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) here (c) by
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) weak
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) allowed (b) ate (c) groan
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) bury (b) eight (c) flower

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. their
  3. rose
  4. rows
  5. allowed
  6. wait
  7. no
  8. bear
  9. piece
  10. hear
  11. write
  12. past
  13. dear
  14. pair
  15. peace
  16. deer
  17. sell
  18. flower
  19. grown
  20. road
  21. grown
  22. dear
  23. flower
  24. break
  25. blue
  26. heel
  27. son
  28. whole
  29. blew
  30. buy
  31. blue
  32. hole
  33. tail
  34. night
  35. berry
  36. heal
  37. allowed
  38. weak
  39. ate
  40. eight

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