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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 116 · 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 “whole”? (a) groan (b) knight (c) hole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) heel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) tail (c) ate
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) buy (b) see (c) bear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) plain (c) whole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) meat
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) meat (b) berry (c) flour
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) flour
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) blue (b) break (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) rose (b) right (c) meat
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) past (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) whole (c) flour
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) one (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) eight (c) past
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sail (b) new (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rose (b) male (c) road
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) right (b) sell (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) knot (c) pear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) heal (b) ate (c) plane
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) mist (b) knot (c) flower
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) made (b) heel (c) sea
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) aloud (b) break (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) new (c) week
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) rows (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) write (b) groan (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) one
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) one (c) sale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) bury (c) bear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) their
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) knew (c) blue
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) allowed (b) plane (c) groan
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) hear (b) wait (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) heel (c) bury
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) male (b) rode (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flour (b) cell (c) steal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) buy (b) missed (c) aloud
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) right (b) their (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) see (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) weak (b) peace (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) week

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. waist
  3. steal
  4. bear
  5. aloud
  6. rose
  7. flour
  8. ate
  9. break
  10. meat
  11. hear
  12. knew
  13. buy
  14. won
  15. new
  16. male
  17. sell
  18. waist
  19. plane
  20. flower
  21. heel
  22. break
  23. flour
  24. sale
  25. meat
  26. heel
  27. cell
  28. flu
  29. allowed
  30. no
  31. groan
  32. right
  33. whole
  34. rode
  35. cell
  36. missed
  37. tale
  38. new
  39. peace
  40. pear

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