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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 720 · 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 “hear”? (a) no (b) whole (c) here
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) berry (c) right
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) rows (c) meat
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) meat (b) cell (c) whole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hear (b) allowed (c) male
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) heal (b) by (c) road
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) weak (b) whole (c) night
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) tale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) by (b) made (c) tow
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) sun (c) sail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) sail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) one (c) sun
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) heel (c) rose
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) berry
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) buy (c) waist
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) break (b) sun (c) pair
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) heal (c) here
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) blue (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) heal (b) their (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) their (b) past (c) heel
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) steel (b) grown (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) sell (c) piece
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) son (b) cell (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) son (b) know (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) one (b) tale (c) not
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) not (c) peace
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sale (c) hole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) toe (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) rows (c) blue
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) whole (c) pair
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flew (b) tail (c) bury
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) meat (c) weak
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) flower (c) know
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) there (b) made (c) break
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flew (b) not (c) weak
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) rode (c) piece
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) bare (b) meet (c) new
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) hear (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) passed (b) knew (c) deer
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) road (b) heel (c) toe

Answer key

  1. here
  2. aloud
  3. deer
  4. cell
  5. allowed
  6. by
  7. whole
  8. tale
  9. made
  10. road
  11. hear
  12. brake
  13. road
  14. steal
  15. heal
  16. sun
  17. one
  18. wait
  19. son
  20. past
  21. meet
  22. waist
  23. pair
  24. know
  25. tale
  26. know
  27. their
  28. new
  29. weight
  30. hear
  31. bury
  32. knot
  33. flu
  34. break
  35. not
  36. waist
  37. new
  38. blue
  39. deer
  40. toe

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