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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 931 · 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 “bear”? (a) bare (b) sale (c) wait
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) meat (b) plain (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) whole (b) tale (c) pair
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) dear (b) road (c) son
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) mail
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) right
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) week (b) tow (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) bare (b) tale (c) flew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) heel (c) tail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) break (c) peace
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) weak
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) week (c) tow
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) pair (c) missed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) one (b) maid (c) break
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) cell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) buy (b) see (c) pair
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) pear (b) aloud (c) new
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) bury (b) made (c) new
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) their (b) hear (c) weak
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) steal (b) rose (c) wait
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) brake (b) pear (c) week
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tale (b) here (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) bare (c) weight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) eight (c) road
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) groan (b) see (c) rode
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) son (c) hear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) right (b) meat (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) made
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) flew (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) toe
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) pear (c) knew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) hole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) tow (b) sea (c) rows
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) meat (b) waste (c) not
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) blue (c) waist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) their (b) pear (c) road
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sea (b) knight (c) meat
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) son (b) here (c) plane
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) flew

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. plain
  3. tale
  4. son
  5. knew
  6. hole
  7. tow
  8. tale
  9. ate
  10. new
  11. piece
  12. waste
  13. male
  14. maid
  15. one
  16. pair
  17. aloud
  18. made
  19. hear
  20. rose
  21. pear
  22. night
  23. plain
  24. peace
  25. see
  26. passed
  27. meat
  28. mist
  29. buy
  30. toe
  31. tail
  32. weight
  33. rows
  34. not
  35. sell
  36. whole
  37. road
  38. knight
  39. plane
  40. rode

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