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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 356 · 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 “waste”? (a) waist (b) hole (c) sail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) steal (c) rows
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) tow (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) there (b) sale (c) flew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) heel (b) plane (c) grown
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) right (c) peace
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) by (b) night (c) heal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) cell (b) road (c) waist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) bare (b) meat (c) no
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sea (b) sell (c) flu
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) groan (c) their
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) mail (c) steel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) road (b) blue (c) past
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) night (b) knot (c) eight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) by (c) mist
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) groan (b) there (c) berry
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) night (b) write (c) cell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) see (c) knight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) mist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) not (c) mail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) made (b) son (c) dear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) piece (b) sea (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) meat (b) break (c) passed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) won (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) ate (b) steal (c) peace
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) one (c) toe
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) sea (b) blue (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) weight (b) bear (c) new
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) rows (b) allowed (c) peace
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) flew (b) one (c) here
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) flour
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) road (c) rose
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) see (b) meat (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sun (b) brake (c) steal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sea (b) weak (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) night (b) right (c) allowed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) rows (b) sail (c) won
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) there (b) bury (c) piece
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) heel (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) here (b) sell (c) rode

Answer key

  1. waist
  2. here
  3. new
  4. flew
  5. grown
  6. by
  7. heal
  8. road
  9. no
  10. sell
  11. whole
  12. steel
  13. past
  14. knot
  15. plain
  16. there
  17. cell
  18. their
  19. mail
  20. wait
  21. dear
  22. sea
  23. break
  24. there
  25. steal
  26. week
  27. cell
  28. bear
  29. allowed
  30. one
  31. flour
  32. flower
  33. pear
  34. brake
  35. weak
  36. allowed
  37. sail
  38. bury
  39. made
  40. rode

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