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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 846 · 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 “right”? (a) write (b) tow (c) there
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) allowed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) flour (b) rose (c) missed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pear (b) aloud (c) flour
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) groan (b) here (c) break
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sell (b) heal (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) blew (c) heel
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) waste (b) plain (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) one (b) blew (c) no
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) piece (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) sun
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) maid (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) plane (b) flower (c) steel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) won (c) pear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) wait (b) rode (c) see
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) one (b) peace (c) waste
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) rode (b) right (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) allowed (b) knot (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) wait (b) hear (c) flower
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) heel (b) eight (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) road (c) knew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) road (b) there (c) tail
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) buy (b) sun (c) piece
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) know (c) heal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) knot (b) maid (c) brake
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) meat (b) toe (c) sale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) hear (b) tale (c) wait
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) wait (b) rows (c) knew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) waist (b) sail (c) sea
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) cell (b) tale (c) by
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sun (b) their (c) sea
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) break (b) flu (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) hole (b) flew (c) wait
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) weight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) steal (c) flour
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) break (c) steel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) night (b) new (c) weak
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) waist (c) steel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) eight (b) hole (c) brake

Answer key

  1. write
  2. allowed
  3. rose
  4. flour
  5. break
  6. heal
  7. mist
  8. son
  9. no
  10. male
  11. sun
  12. pair
  13. rows
  14. steel
  15. bear
  16. see
  17. waste
  18. right
  19. there
  20. flower
  21. plain
  22. bury
  23. there
  24. sun
  25. waist
  26. brake
  27. sale
  28. tale
  29. knew
  30. sail
  31. tale
  32. sea
  33. flu
  34. wait
  35. weight
  36. weak
  37. write
  38. new
  39. sell
  40. hole

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