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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 1 · 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 “sell”? (a) made (b) sea (c) cell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) break (b) peace (c) write
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) new (b) pair (c) whole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) hear (b) sale (c) made
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) new (c) toe
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) groan (b) peace (c) son
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flower (b) won (c) hole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) bury (b) break (c) tail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) write (b) no (c) hole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) know (c) deer
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) son (b) buy (c) toe
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mist (b) toe (c) know
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) son
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) groan (b) mail (c) rows
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) deer (b) rows (c) plain
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) knew (c) pair
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rose (b) hole (c) write
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) weak (b) passed (c) hear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) whole (b) their (c) night
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) passed (c) rode
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) night (b) hear (c) bury
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) sell (c) bury
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) flew (c) tail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) week (c) blue
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) night (c) hole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hear (b) grown (c) meet
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sail (b) sell (c) blew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) weak (c) flour
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) pear (b) passed (c) one
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) heel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) steal (b) weight (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) road (c) dear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) know (b) week (c) eight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) made (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) road (b) eight (c) buy
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) break (b) new (c) toe
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) break
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) hole (b) rows (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) new (c) here

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. write
  3. pair
  4. sale
  5. night
  6. pair
  7. peace
  8. hole
  9. break
  10. no
  11. male
  12. buy
  13. toe
  14. flu
  15. rows
  16. rows
  17. their
  18. write
  19. hear
  20. their
  21. tow
  22. hear
  23. flour
  24. there
  25. flower
  26. piece
  27. meet
  28. sell
  29. heal
  30. passed
  31. heel
  32. right
  33. sun
  34. eight
  35. wait
  36. eight
  37. new
  38. meat
  39. here
  40. see

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