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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 833 · 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 “eight”? (a) ate (b) not (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) son
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) sun (c) meet
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) tail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) peace (c) rode
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) mist (b) bare (c) son
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) allowed (c) flour
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) tale (b) sea (c) blew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flower (b) knight (c) steal
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) brake (c) week
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) knot (c) made
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) sale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sale (b) bear (c) made
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) flu (b) by (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) groan (b) pair (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) meet (b) grown (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) write (b) heel (c) knew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) hole (b) road (c) rows
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) blew (b) grown (c) week
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) knight (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) break (b) tow (c) by
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) past (b) waist (c) their
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) grown (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) whole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) eight (b) sun (c) wait
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) ate (b) steal (c) meet
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) plain (b) tail (c) wait
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) made (b) allowed (c) meat
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) plain (b) passed (c) road
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) maid (b) waste (c) steal
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) there
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) bare
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) grown (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) blue (b) night (c) maid
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) flower (c) meet
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) steel (b) new (c) berry
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) right (b) rows (c) mist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) male (b) brake (c) bare
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) missed (b) tale (c) sale

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. peace
  3. pear
  4. piece
  5. right
  6. son
  7. write
  8. blew
  9. knight
  10. deer
  11. flour
  12. pair
  13. made
  14. heel
  15. pair
  16. sea
  17. heel
  18. rows
  19. week
  20. allowed
  21. tow
  22. their
  23. bare
  24. whole
  25. sun
  26. steal
  27. wait
  28. allowed
  29. road
  30. waste
  31. there
  32. flour
  33. meet
  34. sun
  35. maid
  36. see
  37. new
  38. mist
  39. bare
  40. tale

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