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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 748 · 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 “aloud”? (a) pair (b) mail (c) allowed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) allowed (b) dear (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) wait (b) cell (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) write
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) meat (b) brake (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) new (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) see (b) by (c) blew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) hear (c) meet
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) no (b) hear (c) dear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) grown (b) sea (c) dear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) knot (b) write (c) plain
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) berry (b) blew (c) ate
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) groan (c) past
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) break (b) berry (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) made (b) weak (c) rows
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) rose (c) their
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) blue (b) not (c) flower
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mail (b) won (c) mist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) no (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) tow
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sale (b) there (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) sale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) know
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) right (c) heal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rows (b) toe (c) knew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) sale (c) steal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) plain (b) made (c) tale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tow (b) whole (c) meet
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) son (b) blue (c) steal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) bare (b) night (c) steel
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) night (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) toe (b) son (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) blue (b) plain (c) not
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) flour (b) peace (c) tail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) flew (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) weak (b) here (c) see
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) whole (b) rode (c) there
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) road (b) plane (c) won
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) rows
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) grown (b) new (c) pair

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. dear
  3. male
  4. mail
  5. brake
  6. new
  7. blew
  8. see
  9. hear
  10. dear
  11. write
  12. ate
  13. eight
  14. missed
  15. weak
  16. deer
  17. flower
  18. mist
  19. piece
  20. tow
  21. there
  22. aloud
  23. meet
  24. blew
  25. knew
  26. rose
  27. made
  28. whole
  29. steal
  30. night
  31. buy
  32. son
  33. not
  34. peace
  35. cell
  36. here
  37. there
  38. won
  39. knight
  40. pair

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