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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 348 · 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 “no”? (a) flew (b) know (c) rows
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) allowed (b) peace (c) by
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sea (b) maid (c) tale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) passed (c) piece
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) heel (b) missed (c) ate
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) dear (b) cell (c) weak
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) road (c) tow
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) grown (b) flew (c) steel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) male (b) write (c) dear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) write (b) grown (c) eight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) sea (c) mail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) heel (b) their (c) new
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) heel (b) flour (c) male
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) past (b) flower (c) steal
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) maid (b) piece (c) mist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knew (b) waist (c) knot
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) weak (b) won (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) piece (c) right
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) passed (b) hole (c) waste
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) sell (b) tail (c) see
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) night (b) sale (c) knew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) night (c) see
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) week (c) flour
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) groan (b) write (c) eight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) new (b) knot (c) meet
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) wait (c) meat
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) blue (b) pair (c) won
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) grown (c) hear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) dear (b) plane (c) pear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) aloud (c) mail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) heal (b) tow (c) male
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knew (b) blew (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) meat (c) bear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) male (b) weak (c) flew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) groan (b) mist (c) cell
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) by (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) dear (b) steel (c) sell
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) son (b) male (c) waste
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) sea (b) whole (c) missed

Answer key

  1. know
  2. meat
  3. peace
  4. tale
  5. flu
  6. ate
  7. cell
  8. heal
  9. steel
  10. write
  11. eight
  12. no
  13. their
  14. male
  15. flower
  16. piece
  17. knot
  18. won
  19. deer
  20. hole
  21. see
  22. knew
  23. heal
  24. not
  25. write
  26. meet
  27. pair
  28. pair
  29. flew
  30. plane
  31. pear
  32. tow
  33. blew
  34. flour
  35. weak
  36. cell
  37. sea
  38. sell
  39. waste
  40. missed

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