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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 245 · 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 “groan”? (a) grown (b) flu (c) knight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) buy (c) deer
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) male (c) steal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) son (c) meet
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) allowed (b) hear (c) tow
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) missed (b) brake (c) dear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) tow (c) won
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) weight (b) son (c) maid
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) bare (c) tale
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) sale (c) blue
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) won (b) by (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) grown (b) write (c) sale
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) write
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) won (c) groan
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flour (b) write (c) tail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) blew (b) break (c) tale
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) weak (b) see (c) heel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) peace (b) here (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) knight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) flower (b) one (c) sale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) past
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) right (c) plane
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) plain (c) mist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) one (b) waste (c) tale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) tale (b) allowed (c) rode
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) weak (c) sea
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) weak (b) steal (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) bear (b) steel (c) piece
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) buy (b) blew (c) meat
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) weak (b) meat (c) son
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) eight (b) won (c) sun
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) deer (c) flew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tale (b) mist (c) waist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) break (b) heal (c) sea
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) here (b) tow (c) won
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) one (c) pear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) new (b) rode (c) know
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) buy (b) maid (c) mail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) brake (b) blue (c) passed

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. sea
  3. plane
  4. sell
  5. tow
  6. dear
  7. son
  8. maid
  9. steel
  10. pear
  11. male
  12. by
  13. sale
  14. write
  15. there
  16. write
  17. tale
  18. heel
  19. grown
  20. blue
  21. sale
  22. waist
  23. mist
  24. bare
  25. waste
  26. allowed
  27. meet
  28. steal
  29. steel
  30. meat
  31. meat
  32. sun
  33. bury
  34. waist
  35. sea
  36. tow
  37. see
  38. rode
  39. mail
  40. blue

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