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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 135 · 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 “groan”? (a) sale (b) flower (c) grown
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) tail (c) cell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) groan (b) sea (c) there
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) cell (b) won (c) toe
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) weight (c) berry
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) peace (c) meat
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) mail (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) heal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) dear (b) bear (c) cell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sale (b) know (c) flu
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) not (b) knight (c) past
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) mail (b) tow (c) sale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) grown (b) bare (c) waste
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) mail (b) brake (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) night (b) sale (c) male
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) male (b) heel (c) hear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) bare (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) by (b) week (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) flu (b) wait (c) heel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) road (b) rows (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) right (b) bear (c) see
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) buy (b) steel (c) tow
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) peace (c) their
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) see (b) rode (c) peace
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) brake (b) toe (c) weight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) flu (b) waist (c) blue
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) rode
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) knew (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) blue (c) sell
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) waste (c) flour
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) grown
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) week (b) peace (c) know
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plain (b) bear (c) not
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) waist (b) deer (c) cell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) not (b) won (c) peace
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) here (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) knot (b) dear (c) meat
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) made (b) plain (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) weight (b) flu (c) toe

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. sail
  3. there
  4. won
  5. pair
  6. weak
  7. groan
  8. heal
  9. cell
  10. know
  11. knight
  12. sale
  13. waste
  14. missed
  15. male
  16. hear
  17. whole
  18. week
  19. heel
  20. rows
  21. bear
  22. tow
  23. wait
  24. rode
  25. weight
  26. blue
  27. rose
  28. steel
  29. past
  30. knot
  31. sun
  32. peace
  33. bear
  34. cell
  35. sell
  36. peace
  37. eight
  38. meat
  39. flower
  40. toe

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