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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 816 · 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 “sun”? (a) bare (b) aloud (c) son
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) male (b) sea (c) weight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) not (b) there (c) dear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) new (b) sell (c) heal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) past (b) rose (c) knight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) hear (b) sun (c) pair
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) road (c) passed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) not (b) plane (c) tow
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) night (c) waste
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) heal (b) missed (c) plane
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) flour (b) weight (c) weak
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) toe
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) tow (b) weak (c) waist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) plain
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) flew (b) past (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) night (b) tail (c) hole
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) blue (c) mail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) meet
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) made (c) berry
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) new (b) flour (c) steal
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) tail (b) knight (c) see
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) steal (b) brake (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) toe (b) knot (c) flower
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) by (b) rode (c) wait
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) aloud (b) cell (c) peace
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) grown (b) toe (c) rode
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) blew (b) right (c) road
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) peace (b) bare (c) buy
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) rows (c) grown
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) deer (c) brake
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) won (b) rows (c) sell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) night (b) pair (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) rows (b) past (c) heal
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) past (b) flew (c) rode
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) groan (b) bare (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) new (b) write (c) heel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) night (b) road (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) pair (c) mail

Answer key

  1. son
  2. weight
  3. dear
  4. heal
  5. rose
  6. sun
  7. flour
  8. bear
  9. tow
  10. brake
  11. plane
  12. weak
  13. toe
  14. waist
  15. pair
  16. blue
  17. tail
  18. write
  19. meet
  20. eight
  21. flour
  22. knight
  23. knight
  24. flower
  25. rode
  26. flower
  27. peace
  28. rode
  29. road
  30. bare
  31. steel
  32. son
  33. rows
  34. groan
  35. past
  36. flew
  37. bare
  38. heel
  39. sail
  40. won

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