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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. mail
  3. night
  4. piece
  5. maid
  6. sea
  7. there
  8. rose
  9. bury
  10. bare
  11. plain
  12. hear
  13. dear
  14. bare
  15. week
  16. dear
  17. tale
  18. steal
  19. knot
  20. break
  21. wait
  22. waste
  23. cell
  24. week
  25. pair
  26. piece
  27. flower
  28. meat
  29. new
  30. passed
  31. flour
  32. made
  33. maid
  34. son
  35. allowed
  36. write
  37. one
  38. know
  39. berry
  40. plain

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