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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 89 · 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 “rose”? (a) tail (b) son (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) mail (b) son (c) won
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) heal (b) made (c) peace
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sail (b) flower (c) their
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) bear (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) missed (b) meet (c) male
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) aloud (b) dear (c) heel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) grown (b) ate (c) piece
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) no (c) steal
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) no (c) brake
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) bare (b) plane (c) piece
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) male (b) waist (c) piece
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) no (b) passed (c) won
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) rode (b) grown (c) blue
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) mist (b) allowed (c) toe
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) weak (c) made
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) heal (b) grown (c) waste
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) missed (b) here (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) by (b) sale (c) road
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) meet (b) see (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) allowed (b) weight (c) new
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) buy (b) plain (c) heal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) plane (c) passed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) flew (c) know
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sale (b) blue (c) by
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) deer (c) rows
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) steel (b) weak (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) steel (b) whole (c) bury
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) write (c) blue
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) passed (b) groan (c) sell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) break (b) knew (c) pair
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) pair (b) rode (c) aloud
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) cell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) cell (c) eight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) berry (b) allowed (c) groan
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) one (b) past (c) missed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) blue (b) right (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) write (c) won
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) hear

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. son
  3. made
  4. their
  5. pear
  6. male
  7. dear
  8. ate
  9. one
  10. rode
  11. piece
  12. waist
  13. won
  14. grown
  15. allowed
  16. plane
  17. waste
  18. son
  19. sale
  20. see
  21. weight
  22. heal
  23. steal
  24. flour
  25. by
  26. their
  27. weak
  28. bury
  29. sea
  30. sell
  31. pair
  32. aloud
  33. cell
  34. flew
  35. allowed
  36. past
  37. right
  38. groan
  39. maid
  40. hear

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