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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 381 · 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 “maid”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) made
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) flew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) tow
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) weak (b) sail (c) son
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) berry (b) weak (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) by (b) night (c) sell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) mist (b) heel (c) plain
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) one (b) mail (c) toe
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) mist (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) break (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) knew (b) waste (c) plain
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) son (b) dear (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) won (b) hole (c) rode
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) by (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) knight (c) break
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) night (b) aloud (c) know
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) won (b) blew (c) missed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) not
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) know (b) peace (c) week
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) here (c) right
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) new
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) knot (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) cell (b) groan (c) road
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) blew (b) knight (c) weak
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) knew (b) heel (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) not
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) won (b) rose (c) knight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) passed (b) made (c) right
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) passed (c) made
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) cell (b) new (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) mist (b) waist (c) knew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) road (b) whole (c) heel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) bear (b) dear (c) maid
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) plane (b) see (c) no
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) not (b) break (c) aloud
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) tail (b) made (c) flew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) bear (b) pear (c) missed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) sea (c) their
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) here (b) groan (c) night

Answer key

  1. made
  2. flower
  3. tow
  4. sail
  5. see
  6. sell
  7. heel
  8. mail
  9. ate
  10. here
  11. eight
  12. plain
  13. one
  14. rode
  15. new
  16. sale
  17. know
  18. missed
  19. sell
  20. peace
  21. week
  22. hole
  23. maid
  24. groan
  25. knight
  26. buy
  27. not
  28. knight
  29. right
  30. knot
  31. toe
  32. knew
  33. whole
  34. dear
  35. no
  36. break
  37. flew
  38. missed
  39. male
  40. groan

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