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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 153 · 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 “sell”? (a) cell (b) aloud (c) mist
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meet (b) flu (c) won
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) mist (c) tale
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) sail (b) pair (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) one (c) bear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) pair (b) hear (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) ate (c) knight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) write (b) whole (c) there
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) berry (b) flower (c) flew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) groan (b) dear (c) meat
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) night
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) past
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) meat (c) bury
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) waist (c) aloud
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) knight (c) bear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) night (b) piece (c) rose
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) hear (b) pear (c) waist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) male (b) not (c) right
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) blew (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) knot (b) missed (c) one
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) aloud (b) by (c) made
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) their
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) no (b) hole (c) sail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) tow (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) here (b) night (c) steel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) there (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) bare (b) sell (c) toe
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) buy (c) flower
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flew (b) sea (c) knew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) road (c) dear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) peace (b) steel (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) hear (b) right (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) no (b) sell (c) deer
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) bare (b) hear (c) break
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) tail (b) brake (c) sea
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) rode
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sun (c) pear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) see (c) meet
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) deer (c) bare

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. won
  3. pair
  4. steal
  5. plane
  6. waist
  7. eight
  8. know
  9. whole
  10. flower
  11. dear
  12. their
  13. waste
  14. break
  15. bare
  16. plain
  17. rose
  18. waist
  19. not
  20. passed
  21. missed
  22. by
  23. their
  24. hole
  25. knew
  26. night
  27. ate
  28. sell
  29. heal
  30. sea
  31. blue
  32. steel
  33. right
  34. deer
  35. hear
  36. brake
  37. passed
  38. allowed
  39. one
  40. road

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