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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. plane
  3. see
  4. sail
  5. sell
  6. aloud
  7. weight
  8. male
  9. male
  10. flew
  11. weight
  12. rows
  13. night
  14. steal
  15. aloud
  16. meat
  17. mist
  18. son
  19. knew
  20. night
  21. flour
  22. made
  23. cell
  24. pair
  25. won
  26. flower
  27. waste
  28. week
  29. allowed
  30. blew
  31. right
  32. here
  33. rose
  34. ate
  35. eight
  36. road
  37. pair
  38. write
  39. tail
  40. sale

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