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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 370 · 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 “see”? (a) sea (b) plain (c) here
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flew (b) hear (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) wait (b) blew (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) waste (b) their (c) tale
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) grown (b) heal (c) waste
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bear (b) right (c) bury
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) aloud (b) cell (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) not (b) here (c) buy
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) rows (c) tow
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) tow (b) allowed (c) new
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) rows (b) blue (c) meat
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) right (b) grown (c) whole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) hole (c) knight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) passed (b) waist (c) pair
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flour (b) waste (c) mist
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) heel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) sell (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) sail (b) knight (c) rose
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) tow (b) pair (c) new
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) no (b) dear (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) deer (b) berry (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) by (b) cell (c) rows
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) sale (c) knew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) wait (b) hear (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) blew (c) brake
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) meat (c) see
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) groan (b) pear (c) their
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) male (b) pair (c) ate
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) meat (b) sale (c) heal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sail (b) toe (c) meat
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) by (b) road (c) piece
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) aloud (b) rose (c) blue
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) rose (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) eight (c) write
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) knot
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) flower (c) whole
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) eight (c) bare
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bare (b) rose (c) flower
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) by (c) road
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) know (b) waist (c) won

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. sun
  3. night
  4. their
  5. heal
  6. bury
  7. sea
  8. here
  9. break
  10. allowed
  11. meat
  12. grown
  13. sell
  14. pair
  15. waste
  16. pair
  17. won
  18. knight
  19. new
  20. dear
  21. berry
  22. cell
  23. no
  24. blue
  25. sell
  26. whole
  27. pear
  28. ate
  29. sale
  30. toe
  31. piece
  32. blue
  33. waste
  34. rose
  35. flower
  36. right
  37. male
  38. flower
  39. flour
  40. waist

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