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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. see
  2. flew
  3. piece
  4. waist
  5. meet
  6. write
  7. waist
  8. pair
  9. waste
  10. sell
  11. their
  12. won
  13. weight
  14. know
  15. rose
  16. eight
  17. grown
  18. sea
  19. pear
  20. week
  21. here
  22. cell
  23. steal
  24. past
  25. heel
  26. flour
  27. tow
  28. break
  29. eight
  30. toe
  31. no
  32. their
  33. tail
  34. deer
  35. groan
  36. whole
  37. made
  38. by
  39. new
  40. weak

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