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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 220 · 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 “son”? (a) rows (b) sun (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) ate (b) here (c) no
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) right (c) sell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flour (b) hear (c) blue
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) berry (b) night (c) meat
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) passed (b) meet (c) write
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) break (b) ate (c) past
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) waist (b) heel (c) sell
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) peace (b) right (c) know
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) made (b) piece (c) plane
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) wait (b) knot (c) meet
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) dear (c) bare
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) bear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) here (b) eight (c) male
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) son (c) male
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) waist (b) won (c) tail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) night (b) one (c) waste
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) toe (b) whole (c) there
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) mist (b) flour (c) maid
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) right
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) knot (b) rode (c) toe
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) rose
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) grown (b) deer (c) write
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) tale (b) not (c) weak
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) not (b) tale (c) right
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) bare (b) break (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) pair (b) piece (c) meat
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) peace (b) right (c) knight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) break (b) groan (c) steel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) bear (b) sell (c) dear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) heal (b) sell (c) weak
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) knot (b) road (c) rose
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) allowed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) new (c) toe
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) maid (b) road (c) whole
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) past (b) cell (c) mist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flower (b) berry (c) cell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) blew (b) tale (c) rows
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) eight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) blew (b) right (c) brake

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. no
  3. one
  4. hear
  5. meat
  6. write
  7. ate
  8. sell
  9. know
  10. piece
  11. meet
  12. know
  13. bear
  14. eight
  15. pair
  16. tail
  17. waste
  18. whole
  19. flour
  20. past
  21. rode
  22. buy
  23. deer
  24. not
  25. tale
  26. flour
  27. piece
  28. right
  29. steel
  30. sell
  31. weak
  32. road
  33. pear
  34. new
  35. whole
  36. cell
  37. cell
  38. tale
  39. eight
  40. right

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