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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 858 · 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 “made”? (a) see (b) maid (c) sell
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) rows
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) toe (b) see (c) plane
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) plane (b) break (c) eight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) tow
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) son (b) male (c) not
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) waste (c) passed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) waist (b) see (c) whole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) one (b) heel (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) tale (c) flower
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) waist (b) hear (c) pear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sell (b) passed (c) by
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) plane
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) steel (b) road (c) weak
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) male (c) write
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) wait (b) one (c) knew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) knight (b) not (c) tow
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) deer
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) flour
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) rose (b) week (c) passed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) plane (b) son (c) tale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) tail (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) right (b) flew (c) heel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) mail (c) waste
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) tail (c) brake
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) sail (c) toe
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) rode (b) bare (c) flour
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) allowed (b) sale (c) steel
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) not (b) their (c) maid
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) maid (b) buy (c) bear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) blue (c) know
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) son (b) heel (c) bear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) eight (b) right (c) toe
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) week (b) write (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) won (b) blue (c) rows
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) groan (b) sun (c) night
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) hear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) whole (b) past (c) groan
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) made (c) flew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) knight (c) one

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. eight
  3. see
  4. break
  5. deer
  6. not
  7. meat
  8. whole
  9. pear
  10. new
  11. pear
  12. by
  13. piece
  14. road
  15. mist
  16. knew
  17. tow
  18. deer
  19. bury
  20. week
  21. son
  22. passed
  23. flew
  24. knight
  25. cell
  26. waist
  27. flour
  28. steel
  29. their
  30. bear
  31. made
  32. bear
  33. right
  34. hear
  35. rows
  36. sun
  37. piece
  38. groan
  39. peace
  40. heel

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