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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. tale
  3. write
  4. know
  5. bury
  6. made
  7. pair
  8. sail
  9. no
  10. pear
  11. grown
  12. tail
  13. heel
  14. blew
  15. know
  16. by
  17. heal
  18. knight
  19. plane
  20. maid
  21. made
  22. whole
  23. grown
  24. not
  25. bear
  26. sell
  27. piece
  28. eight
  29. plane
  30. brake
  31. flower
  32. rode
  33. meet
  34. rode
  35. meat
  36. brake
  37. son
  38. flower
  39. blew
  40. night

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