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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 397 · 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 “heal”? (a) heel (b) cell (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) blue (b) heel (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bare (b) berry (c) write
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) rode (c) no
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) their (b) past (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) maid (b) right (c) sell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) heal (b) passed (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) piece (b) flour (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) piece (b) knew (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) hear (c) whole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) pair (b) there (c) by
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) their (b) break (c) past
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) rode
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) groan (c) peace
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) meet (c) buy
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) flower (c) waist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) missed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) whole (c) pear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) their (b) week (c) meet
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) road (b) waist (c) mail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) tow
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) male (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) son (c) rows
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) flower (c) one
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) night (c) sea
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) know (b) tale (c) sea
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meat (b) new (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) flew (b) meat (c) toe
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) past (c) aloud
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) wait (c) allowed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) eight (b) plane (c) sail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) eight (b) son (c) made
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) by (b) maid (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) tow (b) waste (c) deer
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) plain (b) no (c) brake
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) mist (c) knew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) whole (c) week
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sea (b) buy (c) meat
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) meet (b) pear (c) one
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) road (c) passed

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. heel
  3. write
  4. brake
  5. past
  6. sell
  7. passed
  8. son
  9. knew
  10. piece
  11. by
  12. past
  13. rode
  14. meet
  15. allowed
  16. passed
  17. road
  18. eight
  19. week
  20. waist
  21. aloud
  22. here
  23. know
  24. eight
  25. missed
  26. sea
  27. new
  28. toe
  29. pear
  30. knot
  31. plane
  32. made
  33. maid
  34. deer
  35. no
  36. plain
  37. flower
  38. buy
  39. one
  40. waste

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