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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 118 · 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) waste (b) steel (c) hole
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) bare (c) rose
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flew (b) allowed (c) know
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) write (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) meet
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sun (b) road (c) weak
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) steel (b) cell (c) mail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) piece (b) heel (c) new
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) see (b) grown (c) heel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) bear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) write (b) no (c) son
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flower (b) weight (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sell (b) pair (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) piece (b) their (c) rose
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) see (c) toe
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) steal (b) plane (c) missed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sun (b) ate (c) heel
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) bare (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) groan (c) weight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flour (b) hear (c) tale
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) meat (c) bury
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) heal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) bear (b) weight (c) knew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flour (b) see (c) ate
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) heal (c) hear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) waist (b) knot (c) right
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) groan
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) steel (b) meet (c) waist
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) won (b) cell (c) aloud
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) write (b) weak (c) won
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) toe (c) by
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) weight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) won (c) night
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) tail (b) toe (c) male
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) dear (b) pair (c) wait
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) pair (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) right (c) there
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) here (b) see (c) blue
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) their (b) brake (c) passed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) past (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. meat
  3. know
  4. grown
  5. rode
  6. weak
  7. cell
  8. new
  9. grown
  10. bear
  11. son
  12. flu
  13. pair
  14. their
  15. break
  16. missed
  17. heel
  18. meet
  19. allowed
  20. tale
  21. one
  22. whole
  23. knew
  24. ate
  25. by
  26. right
  27. ate
  28. waist
  29. cell
  30. won
  31. eight
  32. weight
  33. write
  34. male
  35. pair
  36. dear
  37. flu
  38. blue
  39. passed
  40. knot

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