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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 200 · 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 “toe”? (a) tow (b) deer (c) by
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) pair (b) night (c) heel
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) meet (b) mist (c) pear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) ate (b) night (c) sell
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) break (b) bare (c) heel
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) hear (c) sell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) one (b) road (c) flu
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) made (b) know (c) groan
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) steal (b) by (c) aloud
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) road (b) waist (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) night (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meet (b) weak (c) new
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) one (b) their (c) flower
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) allowed (b) rode (c) weak
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) road (c) son
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) right (c) piece
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) won (c) weight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) waist (c) cell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) plain (b) rose (c) meet
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) aloud (b) meat (c) blue
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) allowed (b) sale (c) passed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) rose (c) sale
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) see (b) sun (c) week
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) peace (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) no (c) blew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) berry (b) see (c) rode
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) by (c) waste
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tow (b) knot (c) rode
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) heel (c) one
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) pear (b) tow (c) weight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) hole (b) week (c) wait
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) sail (b) week (c) write
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) not (b) bear (c) son
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) steal (c) whole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) there (c) groan
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) waste (c) sail
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) aloud (c) here
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) made (b) passed (c) hole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) past (b) night (c) waste
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) heal (b) rose (c) pair

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. heel
  3. mist
  4. sell
  5. bare
  6. won
  7. flu
  8. groan
  9. by
  10. waist
  11. tail
  12. new
  13. their
  14. weak
  15. heel
  16. hole
  17. flour
  18. deer
  19. meet
  20. blue
  21. passed
  22. steel
  23. sun
  24. break
  25. missed
  26. see
  27. plain
  28. rode
  29. cell
  30. tow
  31. wait
  32. week
  33. bear
  34. pear
  35. steel
  36. buy
  37. knot
  38. passed
  39. waste
  40. pair

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