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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. here
  3. sale
  4. heel
  5. break
  6. their
  7. allowed
  8. pear
  9. flower
  10. knight
  11. there
  12. right
  13. plane
  14. mail
  15. dear
  16. knot
  17. berry
  18. heal
  19. waist
  20. pair
  21. knot
  22. pair
  23. son
  24. bear
  25. week
  26. won
  27. not
  28. made
  29. their
  30. whole
  31. see
  32. sea
  33. peace
  34. mist
  35. new
  36. sell
  37. road
  38. heal
  39. allowed
  40. grown

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