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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 157 · 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 “cell”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) sell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) knot (c) flower
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) hole (b) rows (c) cell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) mail (b) no (c) plane
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) tail (c) buy
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) knot (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) wait (b) see (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) write (b) passed (c) rose
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) weight (b) new (c) berry
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) road (b) night (c) sun
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) knew (c) night
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) whole (b) plane (c) knot
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) berry (b) sail (c) maid
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) brake (c) son
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) waist (b) deer (c) wait
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) no (c) not
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) tow (b) road (c) dear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) plane (b) passed (c) ate
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) new (c) maid
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) know (c) night
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) maid (b) knew (c) ate
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) hear (b) deer (c) sell
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) cell (b) flew (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) by
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) flu (b) knight (c) tale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) heal (c) meet
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) dear (c) not
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) write (c) sell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) tail (b) night (c) new
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) grown (b) berry (c) meet
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blue (b) rode (c) berry
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) here (b) heal (c) rose
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) knot (b) meat (c) mail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) tow (b) their (c) right
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knight (b) know (c) won
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) tow (c) eight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) sun (b) write (c) won
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) their
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) rose (b) meat (c) wait
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) knew (c) wait

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. see
  3. rows
  4. plane
  5. waist
  6. made
  7. see
  8. passed
  9. berry
  10. sun
  11. piece
  12. knot
  13. maid
  14. rose
  15. wait
  16. new
  17. road
  18. ate
  19. wait
  20. piece
  21. ate
  22. deer
  23. heel
  24. there
  25. tale
  26. write
  27. blew
  28. mist
  29. new
  30. berry
  31. rode
  32. heal
  33. mail
  34. right
  35. know
  36. tale
  37. won
  38. knew
  39. meat
  40. weak

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