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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 746 · 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 “right”? (a) write (b) male (c) there
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) deer (b) grown (c) brake
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) write (c) wait
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) rode (b) night (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) week (c) one
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) mail (b) past (c) week
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) there (b) flour (c) bear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) tale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) brake (b) son (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) knight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) week (b) allowed (c) meet
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) pear (c) rode
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) eight (b) hear (c) tail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) berry
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rode (b) sun (c) male
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) buy (b) hear (c) flew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) peace
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) no
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) mail (b) missed (c) plane
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) right (b) piece (c) flour
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) steel (b) knight (c) deer
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) right (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) flour (c) pear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) plain (c) berry
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) blue (b) road (c) new
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) mist (b) knight (c) heel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) tow (b) sea (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) peace (c) sell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) flour (b) tail (c) meat
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) son (b) heal (c) allowed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) sail (c) waste
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) meet (b) sea (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) passed (b) weak (c) road
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) maid (b) whole (c) break
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knew (b) blue (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) see (b) dear (c) rows
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) sale (c) wait
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) wait (b) not (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) no (b) pair (c) their
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) night (b) no (c) see

Answer key

  1. write
  2. grown
  3. sail
  4. night
  5. mist
  6. past
  7. bear
  8. tale
  9. tale
  10. plane
  11. meet
  12. meat
  13. hear
  14. sell
  15. male
  16. flew
  17. bury
  18. rows
  19. plane
  20. piece
  21. knight
  22. weight
  23. break
  24. passed
  25. road
  26. heel
  27. peace
  28. their
  29. tail
  30. heal
  31. buy
  32. plain
  33. road
  34. break
  35. there
  36. dear
  37. one
  38. male
  39. their
  40. see

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