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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 791 · 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 “road”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flour (b) flew (c) meet
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) male (b) cell (c) brake
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) toe (c) knot
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) son (b) hole (c) piece
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) piece (b) son (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) passed (b) aloud (c) rose
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meet (b) their (c) mist
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) mail (b) one (c) maid
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) by (b) bear (c) tale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) hear (b) ate (c) buy
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) waste (c) piece
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) knight (c) bury
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) wait (b) flower (c) plane
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) their (b) pair (c) blue
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) son
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) by (b) break (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) their (b) plain (c) passed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) buy (b) hear (c) waist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) there (c) flew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) wait (c) bear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) won (b) right (c) bear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) male (b) waist (c) knot
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) see (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) meat (b) tail (c) knight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) break (b) hear (c) past
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) bury (b) meet (c) sun
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) berry (c) maid
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) rose (b) plane (c) toe
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) cell (b) write (c) tow
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) rode (c) one
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) here (c) write
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) tail (b) allowed (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) rows (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flour (b) know (c) not
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) right (b) knot (c) allowed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) waste (b) tail (c) here
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) grown (b) by (c) aloud
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) tail

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. meet
  3. brake
  4. maid
  5. piece
  6. grown
  7. rose
  8. their
  9. maid
  10. tale
  11. buy
  12. male
  13. heal
  14. flower
  15. pair
  16. son
  17. blue
  18. passed
  19. waist
  20. bare
  21. eight
  22. blue
  23. bear
  24. waist
  25. whole
  26. knight
  27. hear
  28. meet
  29. sale
  30. toe
  31. tow
  32. past
  33. no
  34. heal
  35. knot
  36. not
  37. knot
  38. here
  39. aloud
  40. peace

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