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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 713 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) new
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) road (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) by (b) mist (c) write
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) plain (b) road (c) grown
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rose (b) male (c) heel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) peace
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) buy (b) flour (c) mist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) knight (b) past (c) break
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) son (c) see
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) bare (c) blew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) plane (b) blue (c) cell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) deer (c) whole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) knew (b) tail (c) hear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) here (b) meet (c) new
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) knight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) pair
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) hear (b) plain (c) knight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) allowed (b) week (c) new
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) sun (b) blew (c) groan
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) week (b) plane (c) piece
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) hear (c) steel
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) plane (b) their (c) sea
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) knew (c) passed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) groan (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) knew (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) pear (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) tale (b) dear (c) there
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rose (b) son (c) deer
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) past (c) steel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) eight (b) flu (c) bear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) night (b) pear (c) waist
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) won (b) sale (c) heal
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) road (c) brake
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) flour (c) new
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) here (b) mail (c) road
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) sun (b) here (c) eight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) night (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) right (b) plane (c) flour

Answer key

  1. sail
  2. male
  3. mist
  4. grown
  5. male
  6. hole
  7. flour
  8. break
  9. made
  10. one
  11. blue
  12. plane
  13. tail
  14. new
  15. passed
  16. meat
  17. plain
  18. new
  19. groan
  20. plane
  21. peace
  22. their
  23. whole
  24. heel
  25. meet
  26. ate
  27. dear
  28. son
  29. flower
  30. bear
  31. night
  32. waist
  33. heal
  34. no
  35. waste
  36. buy
  37. mail
  38. here
  39. toe
  40. flour

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