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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. made
  2. peace
  3. there
  4. buy
  5. night
  6. sun
  7. past
  8. rose
  9. know
  10. weight
  11. rows
  12. flew
  13. hear
  14. know
  15. sell
  16. knew
  17. flower
  18. see
  19. heal
  20. steel
  21. flu
  22. tow
  23. peace
  24. write
  25. rose
  26. groan
  27. aloud
  28. not
  29. tale
  30. write
  31. sea
  32. ate
  33. weight
  34. bare
  35. blew
  36. cell
  37. won
  38. new
  39. maid
  40. heel

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