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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 749 · 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 “maid”? (a) made (b) know (c) their
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) not (b) heel (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) meet (b) dear (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) plain (b) week (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) brake (b) mail (c) steal
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) flu (c) male
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) whole (b) meet (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) know (b) berry (c) aloud
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) weight (c) sail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) won (b) waist (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) rows (b) tale (c) whole
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tale (b) flower (c) their
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) see (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) steel (c) flower
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) missed (b) night (c) peace
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) maid (b) steal (c) male
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) sun (c) their
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) not
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) week (b) ate (c) no
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) knew (b) sail (c) tale
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) blue (b) there (c) weight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) blew (b) maid (c) wait
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flower (b) know (c) ate
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) past (b) sail (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) hole (b) pair (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sail (b) heal (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) week (b) weight (c) waste
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) son (b) passed (c) bear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) buy (b) maid (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) there (b) brake (c) here
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) flower (c) rode
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) dear (b) whole (c) made
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) by (b) eight (c) see
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) eight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) berry (b) piece (c) made
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) mist (c) cell
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) rose (b) tail (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) eight (b) sun (c) missed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) no (c) road
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) plain (b) flower (c) missed

Answer key

  1. made
  2. heel
  3. dear
  4. no
  5. steal
  6. rows
  7. sea
  8. aloud
  9. sell
  10. sun
  11. tale
  12. their
  13. by
  14. bury
  15. night
  16. male
  17. eight
  18. pair
  19. ate
  20. tale
  21. weight
  22. maid
  23. ate
  24. sail
  25. flu
  26. heal
  27. weight
  28. passed
  29. sun
  30. brake
  31. meat
  32. whole
  33. see
  34. pear
  35. piece
  36. see
  37. tail
  38. missed
  39. meat
  40. flower

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