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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 405 · 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 “one”? (a) knot (b) sea (c) won
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) sun (c) hole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) bare (b) by (c) groan
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) heel (b) dear (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) their (b) see (c) knew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) won (b) meet (c) here
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) won (c) male
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) mail (b) missed (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) right (b) blew (c) steel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) meet (b) peace (c) by
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) allowed (b) son (c) heel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) not (c) aloud
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) rows
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) weight (b) bare (c) groan
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) heal (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) passed (b) waste (c) night
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) missed (b) buy (c) made
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) rode (c) weight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) won (c) sail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sail (b) tale (c) flu
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) weight (c) brake
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) knew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) allowed (b) wait (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) right (b) knew (c) flour
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) male
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) flu (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) whole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) sea (b) write (c) rows
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) know (b) bury (c) meat
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) meet (b) waist (c) missed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) waste (b) blew (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) new (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) meet (b) hear (c) write
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) there (b) no (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) tale (b) eight (c) no
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) blue (c) grown
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sea (b) flew (c) night
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) no (c) flew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) here (b) meet (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) waste (c) knot

Answer key

  1. won
  2. no
  3. by
  4. sea
  5. see
  6. meet
  7. sell
  8. steal
  9. blew
  10. by
  11. heel
  12. mist
  13. weak
  14. bare
  15. rose
  16. night
  17. made
  18. heal
  19. knot
  20. tale
  21. sun
  22. meat
  23. meet
  24. knew
  25. peace
  26. know
  27. sea
  28. rows
  29. bury
  30. missed
  31. blew
  32. pair
  33. hear
  34. past
  35. no
  36. sell
  37. flew
  38. mail
  39. write
  40. flu

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