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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 876 · 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 “see”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) buy (b) night (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) know
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) dear (b) right (c) knight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) allowed (b) bury (c) flour
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) break (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) weight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) bare (c) buy
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) meet (b) see (c) ate
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) road (b) by (c) knight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) by
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) cell (c) knot
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sail (b) road (c) knew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) heal (b) pear (c) passed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) meet (c) write
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) there (b) passed (c) peace
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) maid (c) plain
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) flour
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sea (b) mail (c) wait
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waste (b) sell (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) sale (c) male
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) piece (b) heal (c) male
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) past (b) meet (c) plane
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) meet (b) sale (c) no
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) tale (c) dear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) knot (b) blue (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) grown (c) blue
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) knew (b) plane (c) bare
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) road (c) there
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) missed (b) there (c) toe
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) missed (b) rows (c) bury
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) won (b) road (c) allowed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) rose (b) hear (c) bear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) waist (b) peace (c) brake
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flour (b) wait (c) flew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) sail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) their (c) pair
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sea (b) one (c) heel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) there (c) rode

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. grown
  3. know
  4. right
  5. flour
  6. tow
  7. weight
  8. eight
  9. see
  10. by
  11. by
  12. weak
  13. road
  14. pear
  15. waist
  16. passed
  17. rose
  18. grown
  19. mail
  20. their
  21. steel
  22. male
  23. meet
  24. sale
  25. no
  26. maid
  27. blue
  28. steel
  29. bare
  30. plane
  31. toe
  32. rows
  33. allowed
  34. hear
  35. brake
  36. flew
  37. sea
  38. ate
  39. heel
  40. plane

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