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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 789 · 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) sell (b) tail (c) deer
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) brake (b) wait (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) here (b) aloud (c) brake
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) grown (b) bare (c) cell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) one (c) tale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) one (b) write (c) steal
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) son (b) past (c) sail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) blew (c) toe
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) see (b) right (c) one
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) heel (c) buy
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) passed (b) heel (c) weak
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sea (b) their (c) by
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) meet (b) blew (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) bear (b) pear (c) no
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) male (b) piece (c) tale
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) knot (c) tail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) hear (c) flew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) tail (b) new (c) son
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) know
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) steel (b) one (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) flower (c) maid
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) no (b) meet (c) waist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) berry (c) sell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) deer (b) aloud (c) grown
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sun (b) weak (c) there
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) son (c) hear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) blue (b) son (c) grown
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) break (c) sail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) their (b) flew (c) deer
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) toe (b) ate (c) won
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) missed (b) write (c) peace
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) waste (c) son
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) son (b) whole (c) see
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) buy (b) tale (c) blue
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) mail (b) meat (c) steal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) rose
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) deer (b) right (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) bury (b) toe (c) piece
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sale (b) tow (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) knot (b) berry (c) see

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. hear
  3. aloud
  4. bare
  5. knew
  6. write
  7. sail
  8. break
  9. one
  10. knot
  11. heel
  12. their
  13. son
  14. pear
  15. tale
  16. flu
  17. heel
  18. son
  19. mist
  20. road
  21. rows
  22. meet
  23. sale
  24. aloud
  25. weak
  26. flower
  27. grown
  28. plain
  29. deer
  30. won
  31. write
  32. pear
  33. whole
  34. tale
  35. steal
  36. rose
  37. one
  38. piece
  39. tow
  40. berry

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