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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 766 · 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 “plane”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) plain
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) dear (c) peace
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) bury (b) eight (c) rose
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) road (c) son
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) pear (b) groan (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) mail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) road
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) mist (b) sail (c) brake
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) won
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tale (b) whole (c) one
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) know (c) passed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) groan (b) see (c) maid
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) pair (b) deer (c) weight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) meat (b) pear (c) weight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) wait (b) aloud (c) flour
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) grown (b) dear (c) rode
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) their (c) wait
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sea (b) bare (c) by
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) brake (b) not (c) weak
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sea (b) rode (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) waist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) waste (c) pear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) waist (b) steal (c) aloud
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) grown (b) one (c) heal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) groan (c) by
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) flu (c) tow
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) blue (b) ate (c) heal
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) made (b) flour (c) steal
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) made
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) rose
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) flour
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) hole (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) meet (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) write
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) hear (c) hole
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) deer (b) buy (c) week
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) night (b) male (c) see
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) here (b) road (c) not
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) heel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) son (b) tail (c) passed

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. meet
  3. eight
  4. whole
  5. plane
  6. won
  7. berry
  8. brake
  9. knot
  10. one
  11. pear
  12. see
  13. weight
  14. weight
  15. aloud
  16. rode
  17. meat
  18. bare
  19. not
  20. rode
  21. waist
  22. cell
  23. steal
  24. one
  25. whole
  26. hole
  27. heal
  28. flour
  29. made
  30. tail
  31. waste
  32. here
  33. sun
  34. write
  35. berry
  36. week
  37. see
  38. road
  39. tale
  40. passed

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