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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 19 · 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) rose (b) heel (c) blew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) bear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) one (c) night
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) meat (c) right
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) mail (b) buy (c) tale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) meat (c) aloud
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) berry (b) knot (c) knight
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) rode (b) peace (c) cell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) new (c) heel
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) piece (b) mist (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) son (b) knew (c) meet
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) steal
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sun (b) brake (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) maid
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) rows
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) rows
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) by (b) sell (c) see
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) hole
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) passed (b) bury (c) missed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) new (b) whole (c) sea
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) bury (b) grown (c) male
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) their (b) sale (c) brake
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) whole (c) brake
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) tail (b) not (c) steal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) break (b) write (c) not
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) whole (b) waste (c) sail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) heal (c) blue
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) waist (b) brake (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) right
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) past (b) hear (c) eight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) meat (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) buy (c) their
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) son (b) sell (c) sail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) allowed (b) week (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) pair (b) see (c) week
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) meet (b) right (c) plane
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) waist (b) maid (c) buy
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) son (c) berry
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) tale (c) steel

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. bear
  3. groan
  4. son
  5. tale
  6. passed
  7. pear
  8. knot
  9. cell
  10. rose
  11. flour
  12. meet
  13. steal
  14. brake
  15. rode
  16. flour
  17. rows
  18. see
  19. steel
  20. missed
  21. sea
  22. grown
  23. brake
  24. tail
  25. not
  26. write
  27. waste
  28. meat
  29. write
  30. sale
  31. eight
  32. road
  33. sale
  34. sell
  35. mail
  36. week
  37. plane
  38. maid
  39. meat
  40. sail

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