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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 697 · 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 “tow”? (a) peace (b) blue (c) toe
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) heal (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) heel (b) week (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) their (b) knew (c) mail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tail (b) meet (c) rode
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) blew (b) ate (c) heal
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knot (b) flour (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) sun (b) whole (c) waste
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) see (b) road (c) meat
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) break (b) know (c) dear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flower (b) night (c) groan
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) bare (b) right (c) know
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) aloud (b) knight (c) toe
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) won (b) hear (c) weight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) steal (b) grown (c) see
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) grown (b) steal (c) rose
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) flower (b) one (c) there
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bury (b) bear (c) flour
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) flower (b) pear (c) write
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sail (b) no (c) bare
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) brake (c) passed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) male (b) tail (c) rode
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) sail (b) rode (c) waist
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) rose (c) know
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) new (b) one (c) mist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) sale (b) mist (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sail (c) there
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) sail (c) pair
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) blew (c) bear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) weight (b) piece (c) flew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) pair (b) whole (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) steel (b) male (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) not (b) flour (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) weak (b) blue (c) male
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) weight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) cell (b) made (c) by
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) week (b) here (c) rose
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) deer (b) passed (c) rows
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) male (b) hear (c) road

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. aloud
  3. week
  4. mail
  5. rode
  6. heal
  7. meet
  8. whole
  9. meat
  10. dear
  11. night
  12. know
  13. toe
  14. weight
  15. grown
  16. steal
  17. there
  18. bear
  19. pear
  20. no
  21. tow
  22. rode
  23. waist
  24. their
  25. one
  26. mist
  27. hear
  28. aloud
  29. made
  30. sun
  31. flew
  32. berry
  33. new
  34. flour
  35. blue
  36. eight
  37. made
  38. here
  39. rows
  40. hear

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