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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 292 · 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) sell (b) brake (c) weak
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) made (b) road (c) ate
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) rose (b) grown (c) bear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) one (b) missed (c) grown
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) ate (b) break (c) past
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) rode (b) steal (c) know
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) tow (c) one
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) rode
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) one (b) flu (c) knight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) right (b) blue (c) one
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) wait (b) their (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) flower (b) new (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flu (b) one (c) eight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) mist (b) berry (c) passed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) not (b) right (c) waste
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) road (b) write (c) tail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) past (b) night (c) plain
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) toe (c) piece
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) break
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) piece (b) maid (c) waste
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) tail (b) weak (c) rose
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sea (b) rose (c) passed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) pear (b) here (c) male
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) waist (b) wait (c) tow
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) whole (c) flu
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sea (b) week (c) knight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) there (c) wait
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bury (b) weak (c) rows
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) grown (b) mail (c) steal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) toe (b) grown (c) sale
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) sale (b) eight (c) maid
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) rode (c) sale
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) groan (c) no
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) see (b) by (c) pear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) rode (c) waist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) made (b) waste (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) won (c) write
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) week (b) sale (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) here (b) flew (c) know

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. ate
  3. bear
  4. steal
  5. grown
  6. break
  7. know
  8. blew
  9. allowed
  10. knight
  11. blue
  12. their
  13. aloud
  14. eight
  15. berry
  16. right
  17. tail
  18. plain
  19. grown
  20. break
  21. maid
  22. rose
  23. passed
  24. male
  25. wait
  26. sun
  27. week
  28. write
  29. weak
  30. mail
  31. sale
  32. maid
  33. blew
  34. bare
  35. pear
  36. flour
  37. sell
  38. heal
  39. sale
  40. flew

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