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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 865 · 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 “pair”? (a) meat (b) pear (c) hear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) passed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) knight (c) weight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) wait (c) piece
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) by (b) see (c) wait
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) past (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) sell (c) pear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) past (b) heel (c) there
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) allowed (b) night (c) waste
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) brake (b) no (c) made
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) not
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) ate (b) blue (c) rode
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) heal (b) male (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) hear (b) son (c) sell
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) past (b) bare (c) dear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) passed (b) buy (c) hear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) sea (b) know (c) blue
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) dear (c) tail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) blue (b) here (c) flower
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bury (b) see (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) no (b) tale (c) weak
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) night (b) whole (c) tail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) knight (b) right (c) passed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) meat (b) deer (c) one
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) meet (b) plane (c) wait
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sun (b) road (c) brake
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) blue (b) their (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) grown (c) flu
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) grown (b) new (c) steal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) son (b) ate (c) pear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) break (b) one (c) here
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meat (b) new (c) whole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) plain (c) there
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) cell (b) flour (c) knot
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) weight (c) aloud
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) weak (b) meet (c) blue
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) rode (b) see (c) sell
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) toe (b) waste (c) weight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sun (b) rose (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) weak (c) blue

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. passed
  3. tow
  4. right
  5. wait
  6. heal
  7. road
  8. there
  9. waste
  10. no
  11. knew
  12. rode
  13. male
  14. son
  15. bare
  16. hear
  17. blue
  18. break
  19. flower
  20. see
  21. tale
  22. whole
  23. right
  24. deer
  25. plane
  26. brake
  27. their
  28. flu
  29. steal
  30. pear
  31. here
  32. new
  33. wait
  34. flour
  35. tale
  36. meet
  37. sell
  38. waste
  39. meat
  40. made

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