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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 41 · 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) plain (c) tale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) know
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) pear (b) missed (c) meat
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) steel (b) waste (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) bear (b) blue (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) hole (c) mist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) steel (c) break
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) heal (b) sun (c) waste
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) deer (b) knew (c) flew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) son (b) tow (c) knight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) heel (c) road
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) male (b) whole (c) new
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) new (b) flour (c) flu
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) rode (c) no
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) male (b) hear (c) won
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) knight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) plane (c) night
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) know (b) brake (c) night
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) tow (c) knot
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) one (b) break (c) mist
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) flu (c) missed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) tale (b) piece (c) week
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) knot
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pair (b) here (c) flour
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) night (c) road
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) their (c) mist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) waste (c) allowed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) won (b) pear (c) hole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) blew (b) week (c) flu
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) write (b) flour (c) blue
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) waist (b) not (c) made
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) not (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) sell (c) road
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) waste (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sale (b) flower (c) made
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) passed (b) grown (c) waist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) tale (b) bare (c) steel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) road (b) flower (c) cell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) deer (b) pair (c) steel

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. know
  3. missed
  4. maid
  5. flew
  6. knew
  7. deer
  8. waste
  9. knew
  10. tow
  11. rose
  12. whole
  13. flu
  14. steal
  15. won
  16. flower
  17. road
  18. brake
  19. whole
  20. mist
  21. grown
  22. piece
  23. plain
  24. flour
  25. eight
  26. bury
  27. rows
  28. pear
  29. week
  30. blue
  31. not
  32. wait
  33. pear
  34. sea
  35. flower
  36. eight
  37. grown
  38. steel
  39. cell
  40. pair

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