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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 859 · 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 “mail”? (a) eight (b) male (c) heel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) sea
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) groan (b) flower (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) waste (c) steel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) heal (b) groan (c) pear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) won (c) night
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sell (b) rode (c) steel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) steel (b) rose (c) their
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) right (b) ate (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) know
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) sale (b) waist (c) allowed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) passed (b) male (c) their
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) made (c) blew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) maid
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) mail (c) wait
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) by (c) no
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) blue (b) sun (c) sail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) made (b) wait (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) there (b) toe (c) won
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) mail (b) piece (c) not
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) pear (b) sail (c) bare
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rows (b) blue (c) maid
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) pair (b) knew (c) brake
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) flower (b) weight (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) son (b) plane (c) steal
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) heel (b) mist (c) grown
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) brake (b) allowed (c) ate
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) plain (b) flew (c) sale
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) allowed (b) flu (c) blue
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) meet (b) bear (c) weight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) not (c) week
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) won (b) groan (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) deer (b) by (c) road
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tale (b) plain (c) pair
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) sea (b) bear (c) toe
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) maid (b) peace (c) night
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) sea (b) right (c) cell

Answer key

  1. male
  2. sea
  3. here
  4. rows
  5. bury
  6. pear
  7. road
  8. steel
  9. rose
  10. hear
  11. know
  12. allowed
  13. their
  14. meat
  15. maid
  16. allowed
  17. piece
  18. sun
  19. wait
  20. toe
  21. not
  22. sail
  23. maid
  24. knew
  25. past
  26. plane
  27. grown
  28. ate
  29. flew
  30. blue
  31. weight
  32. their
  33. male
  34. sun
  35. groan
  36. by
  37. pair
  38. bear
  39. peace
  40. right

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