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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 852 · 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 “male”? (a) mail (b) sell (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) there
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) waist (b) sun (c) sale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) heel (c) see
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) new (c) brake
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) son (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) meat (b) break (c) no
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) plane (b) aloud (c) tale
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) meat (c) missed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) blue (b) flew (c) knew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) knight (c) sun
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) one (b) blew (c) there
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) won (b) knight (c) maid
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knight (b) weak (c) bear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) made (b) sea (c) bury
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) rose (c) bear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sail (b) week (c) pear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) week (b) mist (c) tow
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) eight (b) know (c) sail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) dear (b) whole (c) missed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) weight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) pear (c) meet
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) dear (b) see (c) maid
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) tale (b) week (c) bare
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) road (b) pair (c) heel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) whole (b) not (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) waist (b) grown (c) pear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) road (c) by
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tale (b) won (c) weak
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) see (c) night
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) heel (b) meat (c) wait
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sail (c) weight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) plain (b) rows (c) heel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) no (c) tail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) knight (b) weak (c) hole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) pear (c) won
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) plain (b) maid (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) knight (b) see (c) waste
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) hear (b) flower (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) weak (b) rode (c) not

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. tale
  3. sun
  4. night
  5. write
  6. know
  7. no
  8. tale
  9. flour
  10. flew
  11. groan
  12. there
  13. maid
  14. bear
  15. bury
  16. night
  17. pear
  18. mist
  19. sail
  20. whole
  21. aloud
  22. grown
  23. see
  24. bare
  25. heel
  26. not
  27. pear
  28. wait
  29. won
  30. steal
  31. meat
  32. deer
  33. rows
  34. hear
  35. hole
  36. toe
  37. maid
  38. see
  39. flower
  40. rode

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