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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 368 · 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 “right”? (a) waste (b) write (c) cell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heal (b) flower (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rose (b) see (c) son
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) steel (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) one (b) bare (c) made
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) there (b) hole (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) hole (c) waist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) made
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) waist (b) aloud (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) made (b) sea (c) tow
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) no (c) steal
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) buy (b) rose (c) dear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) waist (b) allowed (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) waist (b) berry (c) week
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) not (c) wait
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) won (c) rose
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) hole (b) one (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) peace
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) aloud (b) missed (c) road
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) knew (b) flu (c) piece
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) rose (b) flew (c) night
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) buy (b) steel (c) bare
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rode (b) hole (c) break
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) one (b) allowed (c) road
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) knew (b) won (c) groan
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) no
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) ate (c) see
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) male (b) past (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) piece (b) knight (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) no (b) one (c) by
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) mail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) mail (c) flu
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) deer (c) rose
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) wait (c) berry
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) steel (c) tail
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) son
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) their (b) week (c) plane
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) no (b) knight (c) meat
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) not (b) sell (c) steal

Answer key

  1. write
  2. flower
  3. see
  4. steel
  5. bare
  6. hole
  7. mist
  8. made
  9. aloud
  10. sea
  11. pear
  12. dear
  13. sell
  14. berry
  15. pear
  16. aloud
  17. flower
  18. pair
  19. road
  20. piece
  21. flew
  22. steel
  23. break
  24. meat
  25. road
  26. groan
  27. no
  28. plain
  29. past
  30. knight
  31. one
  32. deer
  33. waste
  34. right
  35. missed
  36. weight
  37. tow
  38. plane
  39. meat
  40. sell

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