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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 36 · 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 “ate”? (a) sale (b) eight (c) meet
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) eight (c) blew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) rode (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) here (b) cell (c) tale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) meet (b) blew (c) hole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) sun (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) write (b) no (c) sell
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) sea (c) bury
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) bury (b) ate (c) see
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) grown (c) new
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sell (b) flu (c) meat
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sell (b) steal (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) plain (b) grown (c) weak
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) knew (b) waist (c) maid
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) buy (b) toe (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bear (b) mist (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) steal (c) sea
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) berry (c) sail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) rows (c) sun
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) knew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) plain (b) knight (c) heel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) mist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) rows
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) male (c) flew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) deer (b) night (c) plane
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) know
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) bare (b) past (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) ate (b) made (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) tail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) toe (b) meat (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) maid (b) aloud (c) sale
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) dear (b) meet (c) flour
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) mail (c) flour
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) road (b) past (c) one
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) rode (c) weak
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) berry (b) write (c) whole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) write (b) see (c) new
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) knot (b) groan (c) past

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. son
  3. flower
  4. cell
  5. blew
  6. steal
  7. sell
  8. flour
  9. ate
  10. ate
  11. heel
  12. flu
  13. no
  14. weak
  15. maid
  16. hole
  17. mist
  18. break
  19. male
  20. meat
  21. knew
  22. hear
  23. heel
  24. piece
  25. pear
  26. flower
  27. plane
  28. know
  29. waste
  30. made
  31. tail
  32. see
  33. aloud
  34. flour
  35. rode
  36. one
  37. meat
  38. whole
  39. see
  40. past

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