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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 827 · 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 “rows”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) toe
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) waist (c) missed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) break (b) peace (c) week
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) no (b) mist (c) ate
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) son (b) made (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) made (b) eight (c) here
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) weight (c) right
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) one (b) by (c) hole
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) there (b) weight (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) son (b) flour (c) mist
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) plane (c) flower
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) waste (b) dear (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) pair (b) weight (c) sea
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) aloud (b) right (c) see
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) berry (c) passed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) maid (b) piece (c) toe
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) son (b) wait (c) waist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) waist (b) write (c) knew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) plain (b) there (c) berry
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) flew (b) flour (c) one
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) mist (b) waist (c) weight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) rode (b) rows (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) meat (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) meet (b) knot (c) passed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) allowed (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) flew (c) no
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) tale (c) rows
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) knight (b) tale (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) bare (b) allowed (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) past (b) know (c) see
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) hole (b) night (c) buy
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) male
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) bury (b) aloud (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) see (b) steal (c) sun
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) know (c) new
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knot (b) by (c) right
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) won
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) grown (b) pear (c) mail

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. toe
  3. heal
  4. week
  5. ate
  6. made
  7. eight
  8. waste
  9. by
  10. rode
  11. flour
  12. bare
  13. sale
  14. sea
  15. see
  16. pear
  17. no
  18. piece
  19. wait
  20. knew
  21. berry
  22. one
  23. waist
  24. sea
  25. flew
  26. passed
  27. brake
  28. tow
  29. blue
  30. hole
  31. allowed
  32. see
  33. night
  34. male
  35. aloud
  36. sun
  37. plane
  38. by
  39. mail
  40. pear

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