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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 103 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) here (b) sell (c) tow
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) ate (b) know (c) maid
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bear (b) steal (c) bury
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) break (b) toe (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) rose
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) flour (b) groan (c) by
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) meet (b) passed (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) weak (c) road
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) there (c) maid
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) flew (b) son (c) weak
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) no
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) rows (b) flower (c) grown
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) waste
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) hear (c) write
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) road (b) steal (c) mail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) tow (c) eight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) road (b) son (c) flour
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) sale (b) steal (c) hole
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) road (b) weak (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) hear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) missed (b) flu (c) hear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) bear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) meat (b) see (c) passed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) tale (b) rows (c) dear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) break (b) heal (c) flew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) see (c) heel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sea (b) pear (c) tow
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) knight (b) waist (c) their
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) won (b) hear (c) meet
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) won (c) weight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rode (b) deer (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) pair (c) bury
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) bare (b) knight (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) pair (c) toe
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) grown (c) steal
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) week (b) night (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) their (b) here (c) waste
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tale (b) peace (c) weak
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sale (b) waist (c) pear

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. know
  3. bury
  4. rows
  5. rose
  6. groan
  7. one
  8. knew
  9. whole
  10. weak
  11. blue
  12. flower
  13. rode
  14. one
  15. mail
  16. peace
  17. son
  18. ate
  19. steal
  20. steal
  21. brake
  22. hear
  23. bear
  24. passed
  25. dear
  26. heal
  27. buy
  28. pear
  29. their
  30. meet
  31. missed
  32. see
  33. aloud
  34. knight
  35. male
  36. road
  37. night
  38. waste
  39. weak
  40. pear

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