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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 773 · 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) plain (b) tow (c) tale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) waste (b) peace (c) male
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) sea (c) hole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) rows (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) tail (b) whole (c) see
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) flour
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) knight (c) ate
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) heal (b) brake (c) made
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) whole (b) berry (c) missed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) made (b) road (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) night (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) son (b) mail (c) toe
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) ate (b) week (c) past
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) night (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) one (b) pear (c) waste
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) rows (c) toe
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) waste (b) pair (c) peace
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) mist (c) hole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) one
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) missed (c) week
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) see (c) heal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) heel (b) hear (c) hole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) blue (b) brake (c) meat
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) new (b) no (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sea (b) there (c) flour
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flu (b) new (c) meat
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) buy (b) peace (c) night
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) new (c) berry
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) knot
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) one (b) flu (c) pair
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) rode (c) passed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) blue (b) grown (c) waist
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) buy (b) mail (c) see
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) whole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) no (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) not (b) right (c) wait
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) heal (b) groan (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) one (c) missed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) son (b) berry (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) peace

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. male
  3. rode
  4. new
  5. whole
  6. rode
  7. weak
  8. made
  9. berry
  10. road
  11. blue
  12. toe
  13. week
  14. past
  15. pear
  16. allowed
  17. peace
  18. grown
  19. blew
  20. mail
  21. pear
  22. hole
  23. brake
  24. bear
  25. flour
  26. new
  27. night
  28. groan
  29. knot
  30. flu
  31. sell
  32. waist
  33. see
  34. cell
  35. flu
  36. right
  37. eight
  38. steel
  39. here
  40. tow

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