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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 211 · 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 “ate”? (a) heel (b) flower (c) eight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) weight (b) hear (c) see
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) passed (b) blew (c) heal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) cell (b) there (c) mail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) knew (b) grown (c) pair
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) new (b) brake (c) weight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) sell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) mist (b) one (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) steal (b) sea (c) son
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) their (b) groan (c) flour
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) night (b) right (c) one
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flu (b) waist (c) write
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) flew (b) week (c) son
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) one (b) plain (c) mist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) maid (b) not (c) there
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) buy (b) flour (c) hear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) sea (c) wait
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) write
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) see (b) blew (c) passed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heal (b) flower (c) peace
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) bury (c) plain
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) knew (c) sale
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) son (b) knot (c) write
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) bury
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) piece (b) rose (c) there
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) bare
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sale (b) made (c) knew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) their (b) knight (c) blew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) knot (c) won
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) hear (b) plane (c) know
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) dear (b) sail (c) bear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) pear (b) no (c) allowed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) hear (b) hole (c) tail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) their
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) one (b) made (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) week (b) buy (c) blue
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) ate (b) sea (c) made
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) pear (b) weight (c) week
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) right (c) cell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) hear (b) knot (c) ate

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. see
  3. blew
  4. mail
  5. grown
  6. brake
  7. sell
  8. one
  9. son
  10. groan
  11. one
  12. write
  13. son
  14. mist
  15. not
  16. hear
  17. no
  18. flower
  19. passed
  20. flower
  21. aloud
  22. dear
  23. write
  24. bury
  25. rose
  26. bare
  27. knew
  28. blew
  29. berry
  30. know
  31. sail
  32. allowed
  33. tail
  34. steal
  35. made
  36. buy
  37. made
  38. week
  39. no
  40. ate

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