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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 910 · 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 “pair”? (a) break (b) pear (c) here
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) won (c) whole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) break (b) missed (c) there
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) by (b) flew (c) hear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) made (b) sale (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) rose
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) pear (b) knot (c) won
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) peace (b) by (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) piece (b) new (c) aloud
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) there (b) here (c) passed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) brake (c) not
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) steal (c) rose
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) tale (b) piece (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) passed (c) rose
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) tow
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) toe
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) knot (c) maid
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) meat (c) groan
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) aloud (c) piece
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) heel (b) male (c) cell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) heel (b) rose (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) there (b) flu (c) hear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) allowed (b) mist (c) made
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) bare (b) by (c) plane
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) tale (c) flour
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) night (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) their (b) flew (c) wait
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) groan (b) road (c) not
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) see (b) plane (c) break
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) no (b) deer (c) rows
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) cell (c) piece
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) berry (b) won (c) meat
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) grown (b) sea (c) tow
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) berry (b) their (c) eight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) missed (b) one (c) road
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) son (b) flew (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) weight (b) knew (c) tale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) one (c) meet

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. brake
  3. there
  4. tail
  5. flew
  6. sale
  7. meat
  8. won
  9. tale
  10. aloud
  11. passed
  12. allowed
  13. their
  14. groan
  15. bare
  16. hole
  17. weak
  18. mail
  19. know
  20. by
  21. male
  22. rose
  23. hear
  24. made
  25. plane
  26. heal
  27. sale
  28. bury
  29. wait
  30. road
  31. plane
  32. rows
  33. weight
  34. meat
  35. sea
  36. eight
  37. road
  38. flew
  39. tale
  40. plain

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