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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 97 · 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 “by”? (a) brake (b) mist (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) grown (c) flour
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) knot (b) heel (c) meet
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) flour (c) eight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) won (b) see (c) maid
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) road
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) maid (b) eight (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) passed (c) see
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) road (c) night
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) flower (b) steal (c) not
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) deer (c) flu
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) wait (b) eight (c) bare
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) right (b) toe (c) tail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) groan (c) knot
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) here (b) dear (c) cell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tow (b) their (c) blew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) plain (b) grown (c) steal
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) flu (c) by
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) mist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) heel (b) night (c) brake
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) bare (b) dear (c) won
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sale (b) grown (c) know
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) knight (b) allowed (c) blew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) meat (b) one (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) know (c) bury
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) here (c) blew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) not (b) buy (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) see (b) knew (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sail (b) past (c) night
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) sail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) road (b) whole (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) mail (b) rode (c) by
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) break (b) road (c) knot
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) right (c) plain
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sail (b) here (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) pair (b) mail (c) grown
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) mail (c) hear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) hear (b) pear (c) mail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) blew (c) one
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) no (b) plain (c) made

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. pair
  3. heel
  4. groan
  5. maid
  6. road
  7. sale
  8. buy
  9. waste
  10. steal
  11. pear
  12. bare
  13. toe
  14. wait
  15. cell
  16. their
  17. grown
  18. flu
  19. aloud
  20. night
  21. won
  22. know
  23. blew
  24. flower
  25. aloud
  26. new
  27. flower
  28. knew
  29. past
  30. sail
  31. whole
  32. rode
  33. road
  34. eight
  35. here
  36. grown
  37. night
  38. pear
  39. hole
  40. made

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