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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 228 · 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 “heal”? (a) heel (b) break (c) waste
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) passed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) meet (c) plain
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) deer (b) sale (c) made
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) deer (b) ate (c) missed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) past (b) flour (c) aloud
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) no
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) rose (c) wait
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) bare (b) flu (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) heal (b) toe (c) flour
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) dear (b) tow (c) tale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) whole (b) plane (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) flew (c) heal
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) buy (c) see
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) peace (b) no (c) blew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) made (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) new
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) berry (c) waist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) their (c) mail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) past (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) groan (c) bare
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) here (b) there (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) blue (b) sun (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) blue (b) one (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) knot (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) plain (b) peace (c) steel
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) deer (c) steal
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) eight (b) hole (c) rode
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) waist (b) tale (c) plane
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) son (c) weight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) maid (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) wait (c) dear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) male (b) meet (c) blew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) son (b) brake (c) pear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) pair (c) plain
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) no (c) knight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) passed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) right (c) waste
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) bury (b) sail (c) tow

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. cell
  3. rows
  4. made
  5. ate
  6. flour
  7. meat
  8. no
  9. see
  10. pair
  11. toe
  12. tale
  13. sell
  14. meet
  15. wait
  16. no
  17. hear
  18. new
  19. groan
  20. allowed
  21. weight
  22. aloud
  23. wait
  24. sun
  25. one
  26. break
  27. peace
  28. bare
  29. rode
  30. tale
  31. there
  32. rows
  33. right
  34. blew
  35. pear
  36. here
  37. hole
  38. aloud
  39. knight
  40. tow

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