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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 756 · 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) hear (b) hole (c) made
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) know (b) break (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) toe (b) no (c) deer
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) brake (b) hear (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) no (b) ate (c) meet
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) flour (c) son
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) their (b) hear (c) knew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) there (c) knew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flour (b) eight (c) mail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) waist (b) aloud (c) whole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pear (b) road (c) flu
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) maid (c) pear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) their (b) pear (c) blew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) meat (c) rose
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) knight (b) sea (c) steal
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hole (b) waist (c) rows
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) peace (b) right (c) passed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) ate (b) bury (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) waist (c) one
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rose (b) allowed (c) sun
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) flour (b) toe (c) week
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) whole (b) pear (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) cell (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) week (c) male
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) grown (b) eight (c) wait
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) by (b) not (c) hear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) tow (b) pear (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) buy (b) pair (c) groan
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) waist (b) passed (c) blew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sun (b) flour (c) ate
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knot (b) won (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) tail (b) by (c) peace
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) ate (c) plain
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) cell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) heal (b) missed (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) wait (b) groan (c) waste
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) pair (b) steal (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) whole (b) one (c) flew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) plane (b) sail (c) toe

Answer key

  1. made
  2. blue
  3. deer
  4. past
  5. ate
  6. maid
  7. knew
  8. mist
  9. eight
  10. aloud
  11. flu
  12. see
  13. pear
  14. break
  15. sea
  16. rows
  17. right
  18. bury
  19. heel
  20. allowed
  21. toe
  22. pear
  23. dear
  24. know
  25. wait
  26. not
  27. flew
  28. pair
  29. passed
  30. flour
  31. won
  32. peace
  33. rode
  34. meet
  35. mail
  36. waste
  37. berry
  38. one
  39. ate
  40. sail

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