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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 109 · 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 “cell”? (a) steal (b) sell (c) heal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) buy (c) dear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) heel (b) flower (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) grown (b) tail (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) toe (b) piece (c) passed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) passed (c) rode
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) waste (c) buy
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) one (c) knot
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) hole (b) rows (c) sale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) male (b) waste (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) mail (b) write (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) past (b) hole (c) bear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) steal (b) right (c) rode
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) whole (b) tow (c) rode
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tale (b) sale (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) bear (b) won (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) bare (b) sail (c) hear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) peace (b) male (c) hole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) there (b) knight (c) flu
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) tale (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) here (b) sea (c) break
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) knight (b) hear (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) break (c) here
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) know
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) grown
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sell (b) new (c) deer
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) mail (b) passed (c) steal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) passed (b) knot (c) missed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) steel (b) groan (c) plain
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) bare
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) bury (c) brake
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) brake (b) bare (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) aloud
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) peace (c) tale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) here (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) pear (b) toe (c) knew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) groan (b) allowed (c) sale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) weight (b) allowed (c) past

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. flu
  3. flower
  4. tail
  5. maid
  6. rows
  7. piece
  8. blew
  9. mail
  10. maid
  11. sale
  12. son
  13. one
  14. bear
  15. rode
  16. tow
  17. blew
  18. toe
  19. sail
  20. hole
  21. knight
  22. flour
  23. sea
  24. hear
  25. made
  26. mail
  27. grown
  28. new
  29. passed
  30. knot
  31. plain
  32. bare
  33. night
  34. bare
  35. aloud
  36. male
  37. plain
  38. toe
  39. sale
  40. allowed

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