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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 839 · 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 “sale”? (a) sail (b) groan (c) heel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) won (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) flu (c) piece
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flour (b) steel (c) tail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) steal (b) peace (c) buy
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flower (b) knight (c) flu
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) no (b) sea (c) hear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) plane (b) break (c) waste
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) tale (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) right (b) road (c) weight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) bare (c) bury
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flour (b) heal (c) maid
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) mist (b) their (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) no (b) flower (c) rode
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) knot (b) blew (c) flour
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) knight (b) week (c) cell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sun (c) flour
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) eight (b) road (c) brake
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sell (b) sea (c) sun
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) missed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) there (c) son
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) waste (b) steel (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) rode (c) rose
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) passed (c) rode
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) see (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) right (b) by (c) bare
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) pair (c) blew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) steal (c) mail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) hole (b) here (c) there
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) write (b) toe (c) flour
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) ate (b) not (c) rows
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) no (b) week (c) won
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) hear (b) no (c) piece
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) bare (c) mist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) past (b) peace (c) male
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) road (b) flew (c) plain
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) groan (b) bare (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) eight (b) not (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) see (c) flour

Answer key

  1. sail
  2. sun
  3. rows
  4. tail
  5. buy
  6. knight
  7. sea
  8. waste
  9. pair
  10. weight
  11. week
  12. maid
  13. their
  14. rode
  15. blew
  16. cell
  17. piece
  18. road
  19. sun
  20. missed
  21. weight
  22. allowed
  23. plain
  24. wait
  25. not
  26. bare
  27. aloud
  28. knight
  29. heal
  30. here
  31. flour
  32. rows
  33. won
  34. no
  35. past
  36. peace
  37. plain
  38. pair
  39. write
  40. heel

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