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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 721 · 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 “tale”? (a) wait (b) son (c) tail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) there
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) dear (b) heel (c) groan
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) made (b) pair (c) sale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) heal (b) steal (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) meat (b) night (c) blue
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) meet
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) there (b) bear (c) maid
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) heal (b) see (c) mail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) sale (c) steal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) right (c) meet
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) maid (b) sail (c) grown
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) bare (b) won (c) hear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) made (b) ate (c) groan
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) no (b) tow (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) right (b) road (c) blew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) blew (b) write (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) one (b) ate (c) peace
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) toe (c) peace
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sale (b) their (c) maid
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) sun (c) piece
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) past (b) male (c) heal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heal (b) meet (c) flower
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) meet (b) bury (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) write (b) one (c) groan
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) pear (b) flu (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) road
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) here (b) son (c) grown
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) aloud (b) sell (c) tow
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) brake (b) rode (c) tale
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) right (b) groan (c) heel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) wait (c) their
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) bare (b) write (c) hear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) berry (b) hole (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flew (b) allowed (c) maid
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) heel (b) break (c) piece
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) blew (b) night (c) grown
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) flew (b) maid (c) one
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) allowed (b) sell (c) tale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) pear (b) here (c) cell

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. there
  3. groan
  4. pair
  5. flower
  6. blue
  7. rode
  8. bear
  9. mail
  10. cell
  11. eight
  12. sail
  13. won
  14. groan
  15. tow
  16. blew
  17. write
  18. ate
  19. rows
  20. maid
  21. road
  22. male
  23. flower
  24. weight
  25. one
  26. flu
  27. bear
  28. grown
  29. tow
  30. tale
  31. heel
  32. sun
  33. write
  34. hole
  35. allowed
  36. piece
  37. night
  38. one
  39. tale
  40. cell

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