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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 803 · 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 “rows”? (a) rode (b) son (c) rose
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) wait
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) steal (b) male (c) passed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) by (b) knight (c) brake
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) steal (c) night
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) won (b) maid (c) plane
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) right (b) weak (c) sale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) tail (c) whole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) piece
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) mail (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) plain (b) sun (c) passed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) mail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) heel (b) waste (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) plain (b) grown (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) male (b) there (c) berry
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) pair (b) here (c) waist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) hear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) hole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) passed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) by (b) mail (c) here
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) flu (b) night (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) flower
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sale (b) bury (c) meat
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) dear (c) waste
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rode (b) won (c) rose
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) steel (b) mist (c) sail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) break (b) rows (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) toe (b) cell (c) male
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) hear (b) mist (c) sell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) break (b) hole (c) toe
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) night (b) toe (c) wait
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) right (b) break (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knot (b) tow (c) bear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) allowed (c) one
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) missed (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) buy (b) hole (c) missed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) missed (b) their (c) sale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tail (b) toe (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) missed (b) sun (c) aloud

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. bare
  3. male
  4. knight
  5. past
  6. maid
  7. weak
  8. son
  9. piece
  10. grown
  11. passed
  12. mail
  13. waste
  14. grown
  15. berry
  16. waist
  17. hear
  18. hole
  19. pair
  20. here
  21. night
  22. flower
  23. meat
  24. past
  25. rode
  26. rose
  27. mist
  28. flew
  29. male
  30. mist
  31. toe
  32. wait
  33. break
  34. bear
  35. there
  36. pear
  37. hole
  38. their
  39. pear
  40. sun

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