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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 688 · 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 “made”? (a) maid (b) sea (c) write
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) weight (b) peace (c) sea
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) heal (c) piece
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) maid (b) there (c) tale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) flew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) son (b) piece (c) rows
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) right (b) eight (c) flu
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) aloud (b) plane (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) brake (c) mail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) tail (c) meet
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) night (c) weak
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) by (b) rows (c) flour
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) weak (c) flour
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) right (b) eight (c) flour
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) passed (b) new (c) steel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flew (b) waste (c) their
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) week (c) night
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) break (b) mist (c) whole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) wait (c) peace
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) missed (b) son (c) steel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) past (b) flew (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) waist (b) dear (c) rows
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) toe (b) new (c) sail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) hear (c) flour
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) sail (c) pear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) week (b) pair (c) bear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) rode (b) groan (c) by
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) right (b) there (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flu (b) flower (c) rode
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) break (b) flu (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sale (b) by (c) made
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) flew (c) past
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sail (b) wait (c) knew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) ate
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sea (b) heal (c) made
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) write (b) heel (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) sea (c) toe

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. sea
  3. waste
  4. tale
  5. hear
  6. piece
  7. pear
  8. write
  9. flu
  10. eight
  11. meat
  12. flour
  13. son
  14. flour
  15. road
  16. eight
  17. sea
  18. new
  19. their
  20. tow
  21. whole
  22. male
  23. steel
  24. flew
  25. rows
  26. new
  27. mist
  28. whole
  29. bear
  30. groan
  31. toe
  32. flower
  33. mail
  34. by
  35. week
  36. wait
  37. knight
  38. heal
  39. pair
  40. plain

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