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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 699 · 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) pear (b) toe (c) hear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flu (b) toe (c) male
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) missed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) brake (c) pear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) night (b) flower (c) their
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) maid (b) blew (c) peace
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) waist (b) by (c) maid
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) pear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) here (b) rose (c) whole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) buy (c) brake
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) buy (b) flour (c) tail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) pair (c) plain
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) tail (c) blew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) whole (b) night (c) not
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) write (b) plain (c) made
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) allowed (c) brake
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) buy (b) missed (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) pair (b) eight (c) blue
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) not
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) weight (b) passed (c) no
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) knot (b) by (c) hear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) flower (b) made (c) eight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) grown (c) waste
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) dear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) write (b) by (c) grown
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) ate (b) brake (c) tow
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) by (b) won (c) knight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) piece
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) knew (b) heel (c) weak
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) sail (c) bare
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) male (c) steel
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) right (c) allowed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) aloud (c) flew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) sale (b) rows (c) night
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) write (b) passed (c) blew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flower (b) knot (c) weight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) wait (b) road (c) night
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) heal (c) write
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) weak (b) wait (c) road

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. male
  3. meat
  4. mail
  5. flower
  6. peace
  7. maid
  8. whole
  9. rose
  10. here
  11. flour
  12. maid
  13. break
  14. not
  15. plain
  16. knight
  17. sea
  18. eight
  19. tail
  20. no
  21. by
  22. made
  23. plane
  24. blew
  25. dear
  26. grown
  27. tow
  28. knight
  29. piece
  30. weak
  31. past
  32. pair
  33. knot
  34. mist
  35. rows
  36. blew
  37. weight
  38. road
  39. bare
  40. wait

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