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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 883 · 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 “tow”? (a) hole (b) sale (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) allowed (b) son (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) no (b) hear (c) heel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) groan (b) maid (c) there
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) weak (b) son (c) berry
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) weak (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) dear (b) plane (c) tow
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bare (b) flew (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) by (c) dear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) bear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) flower (c) deer
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rows (b) steal (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) know (c) ate
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) road (b) eight (c) buy
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) road (c) pair
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) cell (b) sail (c) tail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) tale (b) missed (c) know
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) not (b) by (c) dear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) bare (b) night (c) rose
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) know (b) meat (c) weak
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knew (b) bury (c) ate
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) buy (b) toe (c) past
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flour (b) tail (c) piece
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) heal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) bare (b) tail (c) mail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) see (c) hear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) meet (b) grown (c) bare
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) tail (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) here (b) brake (c) mail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) by (b) pair (c) hear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) grown
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) no (b) heal (c) steal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) one (c) sale
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) their (b) by (c) male
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) sale (b) right (c) bury
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) groan (b) aloud (c) blue
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) no (b) son (c) maid
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) hear (b) weight (c) piece
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) steel (c) groan
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) sell (c) bare

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. son
  3. heel
  4. there
  5. berry
  6. dear
  7. plane
  8. write
  9. their
  10. blue
  11. son
  12. blew
  13. maid
  14. eight
  15. allowed
  16. sail
  17. know
  18. by
  19. night
  20. meat
  21. ate
  22. past
  23. tail
  24. meet
  25. mail
  26. dear
  27. bare
  28. weak
  29. mail
  30. hear
  31. rode
  32. steal
  33. weight
  34. male
  35. bury
  36. aloud
  37. maid
  38. piece
  39. steel
  40. won

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