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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 835 · 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 “maid”? (a) pear (b) made (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tail (b) night (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) tail (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) road (b) whole (c) pear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) waste (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) knot (b) grown (c) passed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) pair (b) rode (c) their
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) weak (b) sell (c) flew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) passed (b) bare (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) bury (b) heel (c) see
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) plane (b) allowed (c) there
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) heel (b) road (c) wait
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) won (b) see (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) tow (c) one
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) flew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) missed (b) know (c) plane
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) dear (b) by (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) tail (b) pear (c) flour
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) hear (c) sale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) mail (b) cell (c) rows
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) brake (c) bare
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) not
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) right (c) weak
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) rode
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) deer (c) heel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) meat (b) rose (c) sun
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) here (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) night (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) there (c) whole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flour (b) berry (c) cell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) blew (b) steal (c) buy
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) rose (b) berry (c) piece
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) mist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) bury (c) sun
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) night (c) allowed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) wait (b) allowed (c) write
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) waste (b) male (c) grown
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) no (b) knew (c) steel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) new (c) wait

Answer key

  1. made
  2. night
  3. week
  4. whole
  5. bury
  6. passed
  7. their
  8. flew
  9. bare
  10. heel
  11. there
  12. road
  13. by
  14. knew
  15. flew
  16. plane
  17. see
  18. flour
  19. not
  20. rows
  21. new
  22. rode
  23. aloud
  24. rode
  25. maid
  26. rose
  27. peace
  28. weight
  29. aloud
  30. berry
  31. steal
  32. piece
  33. pair
  34. heal
  35. know
  36. allowed
  37. grown
  38. male
  39. steel
  40. flour

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