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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 367 · 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 “one”? (a) won (b) by (c) sell
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) sell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) made (c) missed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) dear (b) road (c) heal
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) new
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flower (b) night (c) mail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) passed (c) made
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) pear (c) heal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) deer (b) know (c) aloud
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) right (b) bury (c) male
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) meat (c) heal
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) waist (b) weight (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) heel (b) past (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) weight (b) groan (c) male
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) break (b) weak (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) tail (c) knight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) by (c) tail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) toe (b) flu (c) son
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) aloud (b) eight (c) heel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) peace (b) whole (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rose (b) here (c) dear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) male (b) maid (c) rode
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) see (b) hear (c) there
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) night (b) there (c) hear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) hear (b) ate (c) cell
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) sun (b) flu (c) won
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) knight (c) wait
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) no
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) groan (b) write (c) flower
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) weight (c) grown
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) write (b) sale (c) rode
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) meet (b) weight (c) cell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) piece (c) meet
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) ate
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) berry (b) eight (c) their
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) berry
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) blue (c) meet
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) rose (b) eight (c) pair
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) made
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) son (b) sale (c) weak

Answer key

  1. won
  2. sell
  3. new
  4. road
  5. rode
  6. night
  7. see
  8. tow
  9. know
  10. bury
  11. brake
  12. sun
  13. past
  14. groan
  15. weak
  16. knot
  17. bury
  18. flu
  19. eight
  20. whole
  21. here
  22. maid
  23. hear
  24. there
  25. ate
  26. won
  27. sail
  28. pear
  29. write
  30. knight
  31. sale
  32. cell
  33. flew
  34. sail
  35. their
  36. berry
  37. heel
  38. pair
  39. waste
  40. sale

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