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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 917 · 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 “tale”? (a) passed (b) tail (c) aloud
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) flower
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) weak (c) no
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) groan (b) rows (c) tale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) missed (b) rode (c) meat
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) new (b) ate (c) one
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) heel (b) eight (c) flu
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) hole (b) brake (c) flower
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) bear (b) male (c) night
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) not (c) sale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) plane (c) deer
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) not
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) hear (b) meat (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) maid (b) piece (c) no
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) break (b) past (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) tow (b) sun (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) groan (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) plane (b) piece (c) pear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waste (b) buy (c) their
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) grown (b) deer (c) flu
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) weight (c) deer
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) flu (b) toe (c) rows
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) deer (b) their (c) flu
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) pair (c) plane
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) tail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sea (b) flew (c) son
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) week (c) blew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) blew (b) there (c) hole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) pear (b) rode (c) missed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) knight (b) sell (c) flour
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) their (b) brake (c) hear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) flour (b) made (c) no
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) maid (c) their
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) missed (c) rode
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) mist (b) deer (c) waist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) dear (b) see (c) wait
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) made
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) knot (b) passed (c) blue
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) flew (b) meat (c) no

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. sun
  3. meet
  4. tale
  5. rode
  6. ate
  7. eight
  8. brake
  9. male
  10. sea
  11. mail
  12. not
  13. meat
  14. piece
  15. past
  16. sun
  17. rows
  18. piece
  19. their
  20. flu
  21. write
  22. rows
  23. flu
  24. sell
  25. mist
  26. tail
  27. flew
  28. sale
  29. there
  30. rode
  31. sell
  32. hear
  33. made
  34. sea
  35. write
  36. deer
  37. see
  38. pear
  39. blue
  40. meat

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