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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 195 · 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 “blew”? (a) blue (b) hear (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) buy (b) new (c) heal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) bare (c) rose
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) piece (c) maid
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) passed (b) son (c) missed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) bare (b) blue (c) allowed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) tail (c) night
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) bare (b) heal (c) sea
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) wait (b) know (c) week
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) piece (b) pair (c) night
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sell (b) grown (c) bear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) cell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) blue (b) toe (c) passed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) bare (b) knot (c) right
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) their (b) groan (c) see
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) maid (b) plane (c) passed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) son (b) waste (c) break
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) there (c) knight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) weak (b) grown (c) flew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) meat (b) here (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) eight (c) new
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) steel (b) no (c) deer
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) pair (b) eight (c) meat
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) road (b) eight (c) knot
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) new (b) maid (c) flour
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) cell (b) won (c) dear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) tail (b) bury (c) male
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) buy (c) road
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) their (c) son
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) knight (b) male (c) right
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bear (b) knight (c) there
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) tow
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) hole (b) male (c) no
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) sale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) steal (b) not (c) tail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) see (b) sale (c) past
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) won (c) made
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) sun (b) weight (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) right (b) steal (c) flu
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) aloud (c) knot

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. new
  3. tail
  4. sell
  5. missed
  6. blue
  7. sell
  8. heal
  9. week
  10. night
  11. grown
  12. cell
  13. toe
  14. right
  15. see
  16. plane
  17. waste
  18. rode
  19. grown
  20. here
  21. sail
  22. no
  23. eight
  24. eight
  25. flour
  26. dear
  27. male
  28. steal
  29. deer
  30. right
  31. there
  32. tow
  33. male
  34. sale
  35. not
  36. sale
  37. pair
  38. weight
  39. flu
  40. see

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