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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 792 · 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) rows (b) break (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) bear (c) tow
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) hear (b) there (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) pair (b) past (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) tow (b) knew (c) hear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) buy (c) groan
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) hear (b) deer (c) heel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) plain (b) wait (c) knot
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) steal (b) by (c) sea
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) flour
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) knight (c) toe
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) male (b) meat (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) heel (c) knew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) weight (b) night (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) there (b) toe (c) knew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) tale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) bare (b) sail (c) knight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) waste (c) flu
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) past (c) blue
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) whole (c) berry
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) rode (b) weak (c) tale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) pear (b) sail (c) meet
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) dear (b) week (c) their
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) flu (c) knew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) bury (b) sell (c) flew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) sail (c) by
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flower (b) tail (c) allowed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) flew (c) grown
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) sun (b) night (c) aloud
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) meat (b) passed (c) sale
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) no (b) pair (c) missed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) waist (b) flower (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) flour (c) weak
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) ate
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) blue (b) night (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) pair
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) maid (b) bury (c) week
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bear (b) there (c) bury

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. road
  3. see
  4. past
  5. hear
  6. rose
  7. heel
  8. knot
  9. sea
  10. flour
  11. cell
  12. sun
  13. buy
  14. tow
  15. toe
  16. meet
  17. knight
  18. steel
  19. rows
  20. plane
  21. weak
  22. meet
  23. their
  24. sun
  25. flew
  26. there
  27. allowed
  28. right
  29. plane
  30. night
  31. hole
  32. passed
  33. missed
  34. sell
  35. sea
  36. mist
  37. pair
  38. pair
  39. bury
  40. there

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