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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 355 · 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) road (b) sell (c) knew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) see (b) waist (c) peace
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sale (b) their (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) bury (c) deer
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) waste (b) know (c) write
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) made
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) flu (c) son
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) pear (b) know (c) plain
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) break (b) heel (c) sale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) maid (b) knot (c) toe
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) meet (b) not (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) tale (c) knight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) son (b) sail (c) tail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) past (b) steal (c) road
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) right (b) flower (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) deer (c) not
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) waist (b) brake (c) cell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hole (b) meet (c) cell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blue (b) cell (c) eight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) waste (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) toe (b) steal (c) past
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) meat
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) their
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) deer (b) flu (c) piece
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) no
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) there (c) meat
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) pear (b) steal (c) flu
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) blew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) berry (b) right (c) eight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) tow (b) one (c) night
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) write (b) won (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) passed (b) allowed (c) not
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) won (c) know
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) passed (b) break (c) bare
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) night (b) meet (c) sun
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) won (b) whole (c) no
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sun (b) made (c) brake
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) steal (b) made (c) buy
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) flu (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flour (b) new (c) bear

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. peace
  3. their
  4. maid
  5. write
  6. blue
  7. flu
  8. plain
  9. heel
  10. knot
  11. missed
  12. break
  13. tail
  14. road
  15. flower
  16. bury
  17. cell
  18. meet
  19. eight
  20. week
  21. past
  22. flu
  23. their
  24. piece
  25. no
  26. weak
  27. steal
  28. hear
  29. right
  30. one
  31. won
  32. allowed
  33. knot
  34. bare
  35. meet
  36. whole
  37. made
  38. buy
  39. heal
  40. new

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