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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. steal
  3. sell
  4. bury
  5. brake
  6. weight
  7. here
  8. flower
  9. bare
  10. their
  11. knot
  12. heel
  13. mist
  14. knight
  15. buy
  16. grown
  17. pair
  18. sun
  19. meet
  20. sell
  21. peace
  22. wait
  23. sea
  24. missed
  25. flower
  26. know
  27. knew
  28. rows
  29. flour
  30. weight
  31. right
  32. meet
  33. sail
  34. here
  35. allowed
  36. sea
  37. flu
  38. grown
  39. male
  40. not

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