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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. piece
  3. son
  4. berry
  5. peace
  6. their
  7. sea
  8. cell
  9. heel
  10. hear
  11. bear
  12. bury
  13. tow
  14. write
  15. flour
  16. there
  17. ate
  18. sea
  19. hear
  20. tail
  21. won
  22. deer
  23. steel
  24. break
  25. tale
  26. rows
  27. brake
  28. bear
  29. knot
  30. flower
  31. sale
  32. heel
  33. eight
  34. blue
  35. flew
  36. meet
  37. new
  38. sell
  39. no
  40. flower

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