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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 776 · 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 “tale”? (a) tail (b) mist (c) not
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) male (b) waist (c) bear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) flour (c) male
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) hole (b) grown (c) dear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) right (b) meet (c) tale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) night (b) week (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) blue
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) night (c) right
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) piece (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) maid (b) right (c) one
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) mist (b) pair (c) not
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) tow (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) past (b) heal (c) sail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) grown (b) toe (c) eight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) flour (c) tail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) rows (c) cell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) by (b) plane (c) heal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) aloud (b) steal (c) buy
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) plane (b) their (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) peace (b) sail (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) missed (b) by (c) won
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) heel (c) tail
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) night (b) rode (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) dear (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) right (b) toe (c) piece
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) write (b) flew (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) rows (b) write (c) week
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) deer (c) sea
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) son (b) maid (c) whole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) berry (b) waist (c) one
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) one (b) their (c) plain
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) night (b) pair (c) dear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) break (b) toe (c) peace
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) new (b) flower (c) rose
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) heel (b) steel (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) night (b) rose (c) knew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) knew (b) missed (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) blue (b) night (c) waist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) deer (b) toe (c) cell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) grown (b) here (c) bury

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. bear
  3. aloud
  4. grown
  5. tale
  6. grown
  7. blue
  8. flour
  9. rode
  10. right
  11. pair
  12. won
  13. heal
  14. toe
  15. their
  16. flu
  17. heal
  18. steal
  19. their
  20. sail
  21. by
  22. buy
  23. wait
  24. brake
  25. piece
  26. buy
  27. week
  28. write
  29. maid
  30. one
  31. plain
  32. dear
  33. toe
  34. flower
  35. steel
  36. knew
  37. flower
  38. waist
  39. cell
  40. bury

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