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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 137 · 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 “aloud”? (a) piece (b) allowed (c) waist
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) aloud (b) meat (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) week (b) bear (c) blew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) piece (c) heel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) hole (b) one (c) made
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) bear (c) tale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) piece
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) there (b) meet (c) weak
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) one
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) won (b) blew (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) maid (b) no (c) tale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) tail (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) mist (c) waste
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) road (b) piece (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) weak
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) here (b) not (c) berry
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) passed (b) no (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) whole
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) one (b) week (c) by
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) break (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) break (c) steal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) past (b) pair (c) see
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) passed (b) steal (c) knew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) brake
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) night (b) waist (c) heel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) their (b) brake (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) tow (b) flour (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) son (b) rode (c) plane
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) berry (b) deer (c) sail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) know (b) sell (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) made
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) weight (c) see
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sale (c) rows
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) knot
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tale (b) hear (c) night
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) maid (c) knot
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) brake (c) wait
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) groan (b) flew (c) steel

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. sell
  3. bear
  4. sale
  5. flower
  6. one
  7. night
  8. ate
  9. weak
  10. one
  11. blew
  12. tale
  13. eight
  14. break
  15. piece
  16. piece
  17. berry
  18. son
  19. knight
  20. week
  21. buy
  22. male
  23. see
  24. knew
  25. knew
  26. heel
  27. brake
  28. flour
  29. rode
  30. sail
  31. their
  32. steal
  33. rose
  34. allowed
  35. son
  36. hear
  37. night
  38. steel
  39. past
  40. steel

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