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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 128 · 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 “sell”? (a) cell (b) their (c) steel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) tale (b) hole (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) flu (b) dear (c) see
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) write (b) flu (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flew (b) right (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) mist (b) break (c) rows
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) tail (c) passed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) by (b) no (c) pair
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) blue (c) waist
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) steal (c) won
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) brake (b) won (c) missed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) toe (b) flu (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) made (b) toe (c) bury
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) tail (b) deer (c) break
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) mail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) mist (b) berry (c) heel
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) male (b) sale (c) not
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) won
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) grown (c) toe
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) mail (b) allowed (c) son
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) piece (b) bury (c) plain
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) pair (b) meet (c) blue
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flour (b) bear (c) sell
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) waste
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) steel (b) hole (c) write
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) peace (b) one (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) meat (b) deer (c) sale
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) blew (b) pear (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) won (c) knight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) plane
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) mail (b) won (c) grown
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) no (b) rows (c) allowed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) eight (b) no (c) waste
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) passed (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sale (b) their (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sale (b) know (c) hole
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) male (c) flower
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sale (b) bury (c) whole
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) bear (b) passed (c) flu

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. meat
  3. dear
  4. flu
  5. right
  6. break
  7. sea
  8. no
  9. new
  10. plane
  11. flour
  12. won
  13. flu
  14. toe
  15. break
  16. wait
  17. berry
  18. not
  19. won
  20. waist
  21. allowed
  22. bury
  23. blue
  24. sell
  25. blew
  26. write
  27. one
  28. sale
  29. pear
  30. passed
  31. heal
  32. grown
  33. allowed
  34. no
  35. brake
  36. their
  37. hole
  38. meet
  39. bury
  40. passed

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