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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 263 · 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 “cell”? (a) meet (b) sell (c) waist
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) steel (c) berry
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) plain (b) road (c) know
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) buy (b) flu (c) meat
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) flew (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) blew (b) berry (c) heel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) mail (c) flower
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) weak (b) grown (c) meet
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) there (b) pair (c) not
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) by (b) knew (c) flour
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) knight (b) plain (c) not
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steel (b) missed (c) ate
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) aloud (c) knight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) maid (b) eight (c) rose
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sale (b) tow (c) meat
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) tail (b) new (c) grown
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) pair (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) sail (c) flour
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) new (b) knot (c) mist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) toe
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) grown (b) waist (c) flew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) wait (b) tow (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sea (c) one
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) their (b) eight (c) mail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) meat (b) road (c) weak
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) weight (b) peace (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) waste (c) eight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) plain (b) bare (c) grown
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) flu (b) sun (c) sail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) bare (b) road (c) waste
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) ate (b) won (c) break
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flower (b) hear (c) bury
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) tow (b) sun (c) steel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) sail (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) past (b) no (c) flu
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) break (b) allowed (c) heal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) piece (c) rows
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) made (b) break (c) piece
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) one (b) break (c) missed

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. allowed
  3. know
  4. flu
  5. plane
  6. heel
  7. their
  8. meet
  9. not
  10. flour
  11. not
  12. ate
  13. weak
  14. rose
  15. meat
  16. grown
  17. no
  18. waist
  19. mist
  20. wait
  21. flew
  22. tow
  23. their
  24. mail
  25. mail
  26. weak
  27. peace
  28. made
  29. grown
  30. sail
  31. waste
  32. won
  33. hear
  34. steel
  35. right
  36. no
  37. allowed
  38. here
  39. piece
  40. missed

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