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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 685 · 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 “male”? (a) road (b) ate (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) ate (b) knot (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) hear (b) maid (c) rose
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) meet (b) passed (c) allowed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) piece (c) maid
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) break (b) cell (c) there
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) week (b) new (c) heel
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) not (b) see (c) buy
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) toe (b) son (c) hole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) won (b) knot (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) grown (b) son (c) rode
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) steal (b) dear (c) allowed
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) won (b) cell (c) there
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) rode (b) eight (c) won
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) see (b) by (c) blew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) there (b) right (c) no
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) cell (b) peace (c) pear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) bury (b) know (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) weak (b) heel (c) male
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) meat (c) know
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) their (b) rows (c) meat
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) there (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) plane
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) see (b) heel (c) plane
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) see (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) their (b) groan (c) break
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) here (b) dear (c) flu
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) hole (c) past
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) steel (b) weight (c) see
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) missed (c) heel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) there (b) weak (c) rows
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) night (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) heel (b) here (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) weak (b) tail (c) buy
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) grown (b) bare (c) pear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) pair (b) wait (c) road
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) made (b) tow (c) pair
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) past (c) blue
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) ate (b) sale (c) piece

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. hear
  3. rose
  4. allowed
  5. one
  6. there
  7. new
  8. see
  9. hole
  10. knot
  11. rode
  12. dear
  13. there
  14. eight
  15. by
  16. no
  17. pear
  18. know
  19. heel
  20. plain
  21. rows
  22. not
  23. plane
  24. heel
  25. sale
  26. flour
  27. break
  28. dear
  29. knot
  30. weight
  31. pear
  32. rows
  33. right
  34. sun
  35. buy
  36. bare
  37. wait
  38. pair
  39. allowed
  40. piece

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