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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 799 · 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) rode (b) know (c) brake
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) made (b) knew (c) plane
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) rode (b) week (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) blue (c) weak
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) steel (b) new (c) past
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) heal (b) made (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) here (c) there
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) heel (c) buy
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) groan (c) there
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) male (b) missed (c) tale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) maid (b) plain (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) sell (c) waist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plain (b) berry (c) bear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) berry (c) passed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) know (c) groan
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) deer (b) flew (c) blew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) one (c) meet
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) buy (b) not (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) meat (b) berry (c) ate
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) know (b) here (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) blue (b) rose (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sun (b) toe (c) weak
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sea (b) pear (c) there
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) heal (c) plain
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) berry (c) weak
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) peace (b) tail (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) rows (b) weight (c) toe
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) grown (b) tail (c) one
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) knight (b) eight (c) plane
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) won (b) passed (c) hear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) knew (b) hole (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) there (b) deer (c) one
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) new (b) mail (c) meat
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) here (b) mist (c) there
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) brake (c) sea
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) meat (b) tow (c) made
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) plain
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) new (c) no

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. plane
  3. night
  4. piece
  5. new
  6. made
  7. eight
  8. won
  9. rows
  10. tale
  11. groan
  12. knew
  13. bare
  14. bear
  15. whole
  16. berry
  17. flew
  18. sea
  19. son
  20. ate
  21. here
  22. waist
  23. weak
  24. there
  25. here
  26. mail
  27. hear
  28. weight
  29. one
  30. plane
  31. passed
  32. hole
  33. pear
  34. deer
  35. mail
  36. there
  37. write
  38. tow
  39. hole
  40. aloud

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