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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 717 · 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 “rose”? (a) rows (b) break (c) son
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) allowed (c) right
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) new (c) grown
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) brake (b) aloud (c) won
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sea (b) by (c) night
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) maid (b) plane (c) deer
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) son (b) write (c) night
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) male (b) know (c) flower
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) weak (b) heel (c) pair
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) deer (c) here
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) tale (c) dear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) passed (b) mail (c) one
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) mist (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) waist (c) there
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) maid (b) knot (c) pear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) steel
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) heal (b) new (c) piece
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) whole (c) steel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) week (b) ate (c) knew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) peace (b) past (c) eight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) dear (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) plain (b) tail (c) one
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) write (b) toe (c) bare
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) won (b) blew (c) not
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) new (b) know (c) cell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sell (b) grown (c) meat
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) brake (b) grown (c) eight
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) toe (b) berry (c) buy
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) waste (b) heal (c) son
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) buy (b) mist (c) bear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) son (b) aloud (c) one
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) week (b) passed (c) see
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) toe (c) flu
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) pair (c) toe
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) weak (b) new (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) berry (c) made
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) bury (b) one (c) whole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) mist (c) buy
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) see (b) knew (c) rose

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. sea
  3. there
  4. won
  5. night
  6. deer
  7. write
  8. flower
  9. pair
  10. tow
  11. break
  12. one
  13. hear
  14. tale
  15. pear
  16. bear
  17. piece
  18. here
  19. ate
  20. past
  21. bare
  22. tail
  23. toe
  24. blew
  25. cell
  26. meat
  27. eight
  28. buy
  29. son
  30. mist
  31. aloud
  32. passed
  33. male
  34. week
  35. flour
  36. waste
  37. peace
  38. whole
  39. pair
  40. rose

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