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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 691 · 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 “past”? (a) ate (b) passed (c) rode
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) groan (b) ate (c) sea
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) right (b) rode (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) grown (b) bare (c) piece
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) piece (b) new (c) groan
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) plane (c) there
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flower (b) male (c) groan
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) male (b) eight (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flour (b) night (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) mist (c) bare
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) right (b) new (c) sea
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) here
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) weak (b) missed (c) sun
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) waste (b) there (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) pear (c) sale
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) steel (b) write (c) berry
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) tow (c) rode
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) there (c) maid
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mist (b) wait (c) peace
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) deer (b) missed (c) maid
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sale (b) plain (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) dear (c) groan
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flew (b) by (c) steel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) see (c) write
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flew (b) weight (c) plain
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) male (b) write (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) plane (b) write (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) heal (b) plane (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) steal
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) sea
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) waste (b) flew (c) tale
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) rose (c) not
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) mail (b) hear (c) waist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) past (b) not (c) steal
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rows (b) flu (c) berry
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mist (b) toe (c) rode
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) weight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) steel (b) flour (c) tale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) tow (b) piece (c) heel

Answer key

  1. passed
  2. sea
  3. rode
  4. bare
  5. new
  6. piece
  7. groan
  8. eight
  9. blew
  10. pair
  11. sea
  12. weak
  13. missed
  14. there
  15. one
  16. berry
  17. cell
  18. road
  19. wait
  20. missed
  21. hole
  22. their
  23. steel
  24. plane
  25. weight
  26. write
  27. write
  28. bear
  29. knight
  30. wait
  31. whole
  32. tale
  33. deer
  34. waist
  35. steal
  36. flu
  37. toe
  38. weight
  39. flour
  40. heel

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