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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 860 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) wait (b) son (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) heal (b) new (c) pair
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) one (b) by (c) tow
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) groan (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) write (c) road
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) eight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) won (b) dear (c) past
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) flower (b) know (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) piece (b) night (c) grown
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) meet (b) sail (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) here (b) wait (c) maid
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) whole (b) tale (c) pair
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) plane (b) hear (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flour (b) toe (c) steel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) no (b) knew (c) peace
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knot (b) bare (c) flour
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) here
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) won (c) rode
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) heel (b) by (c) plain
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) meet (b) night (c) missed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) brake (c) peace
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) break (b) past (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) night (b) hear (c) blew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) rode (b) break (c) allowed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) son (b) meet (c) ate
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) cell (b) buy (c) son
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) rows (c) waste
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) eight (b) groan (c) piece
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) plain (c) road
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) heal (c) rode
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) break (b) heel (c) write
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waste (b) their (c) flour
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) toe (c) no
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) mail (c) bare
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) one (b) rows (c) hear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) bear (b) whole (c) knew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) here (b) sea (c) write
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) bear (b) allowed (c) heel
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) missed (b) steal (c) sell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) pear

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. new
  3. by
  4. mail
  5. male
  6. eight
  7. dear
  8. rode
  9. grown
  10. sail
  11. wait
  12. pair
  13. hear
  14. toe
  15. peace
  16. flour
  17. blew
  18. sun
  19. by
  20. night
  21. knew
  22. past
  23. blew
  24. allowed
  25. ate
  26. son
  27. bare
  28. piece
  29. hole
  30. mist
  31. heel
  32. their
  33. bear
  34. groan
  35. rows
  36. knew
  37. write
  38. heel
  39. steal
  40. deer

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