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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 926 · 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 “pear”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) brake
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) road (c) rose
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) knew (b) ate (c) mail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) weight (c) maid
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) by (b) plane (c) ate
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) heel (b) there (c) flour
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) hear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) their (b) steal (c) piece
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) allowed (b) knew (c) meet
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) missed (b) write (c) their
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) meat (b) ate (c) not
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) plain (c) maid
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sail (c) week
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) road (b) hear (c) dear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) son (b) weight (c) blue
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) made (b) blew (c) weak
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) steal (b) break (c) mail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) write (b) know (c) rose
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) plane (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) missed (c) ate
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) not (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) grown (b) passed (c) road
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) write (c) berry
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) won (c) not
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) won (b) buy (c) plane
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) made (c) plain
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) berry (b) by (c) rose
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) flour (c) mist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) here (b) right (c) eight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flower (b) plane (c) sell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) new (b) flu (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) steel (c) meat
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) cell (b) past (c) flu
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) knot (b) sell (c) steel
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) cell (c) maid
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) bury (b) aloud (c) by
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) meet (c) weak
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flew (c) blew
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) berry (c) deer

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. sun
  3. mail
  4. meat
  5. plane
  6. flour
  7. weak
  8. steal
  9. meet
  10. their
  11. ate
  12. heal
  13. piece
  14. dear
  15. weight
  16. blew
  17. brake
  18. mail
  19. know
  20. flower
  21. dear
  22. right
  23. passed
  24. wait
  25. here
  26. buy
  27. whole
  28. by
  29. there
  30. right
  31. plane
  32. flu
  33. made
  34. past
  35. sell
  36. eight
  37. aloud
  38. waste
  39. plain
  40. pear

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