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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 374 · 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 “heal”? (a) there (b) heel (c) rose
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) maid (b) blue (c) knew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) flew (b) here (c) heal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) right (c) peace
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) knew (b) write (c) plain
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) one (b) their (c) hear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) new (c) knot
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) wait
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) buy (c) here
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) right (c) toe
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) groan (b) made (c) tow
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) dear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flu (b) son (c) knight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) male
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) week (b) tale (c) sell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) steal (c) tale
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) steel (c) dear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) plane (c) knew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) knew (b) meat (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) hole (b) see (c) weak
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) one (b) sell (c) tale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) not (b) groan (c) flew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) not
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) maid (c) peace
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) plain (c) pear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) made (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) sea (b) mail (c) tail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) meat (b) toe (c) waste
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) brake (b) son (c) deer
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) here (b) ate (c) weak
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) pear (b) there (c) weight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) new (c) hear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) passed (b) sea (c) toe
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) night (b) groan (c) rode
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) missed (c) there
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) dear (b) allowed (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) allowed (b) heel (c) their
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) son (b) knew (c) missed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) past (b) sail (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rose (b) bury (c) brake

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. knew
  3. heal
  4. plane
  5. plain
  6. hear
  7. hole
  8. blue
  9. right
  10. there
  11. tow
  12. aloud
  13. knight
  14. male
  15. sell
  16. no
  17. rows
  18. night
  19. allowed
  20. weak
  21. tale
  22. flew
  23. sun
  24. rode
  25. their
  26. pair
  27. tail
  28. waste
  29. son
  30. ate
  31. weight
  32. sun
  33. toe
  34. rode
  35. groan
  36. sea
  37. their
  38. missed
  39. write
  40. bury

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