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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 428 · 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 “hole”? (a) night (b) whole (c) tale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) pair (b) missed (c) heal
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) son (b) cell (c) missed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) past (b) pear (c) son
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) tale (b) waist (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) passed (b) meet (c) their
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flour (b) plane (c) missed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) know (c) son
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) male (b) mist (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) won (b) missed (c) sea
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) by
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) bear (b) break (c) blue
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) new (b) flu (c) tail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) plane (b) rose (c) break
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) waste
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sea (b) know (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) eight (b) sun (c) break
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) right (b) sail (c) here
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) berry (b) by (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flu (b) sail (c) waist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) grown (c) pear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) toe (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) flu (c) pear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) blew (b) hole (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) rode (b) piece (c) no
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) wait (c) rose
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tail (b) there (c) passed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) road (b) past (c) piece
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) flour (c) weak
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) tow (c) rose
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) blew (c) plane
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) knot (c) tow
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) mist (b) blue (c) steal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) night (b) maid (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) blew (b) knew (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) groan (b) peace (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) weak
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) past (b) heel (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) aloud
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) steal (b) rows (c) son

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. heal
  3. cell
  4. son
  5. right
  6. meet
  7. plane
  8. bury
  9. mist
  10. missed
  11. maid
  12. blue
  13. flu
  14. break
  15. eight
  16. one
  17. sun
  18. sail
  19. by
  20. waist
  21. flu
  22. waste
  23. bear
  24. week
  25. no
  26. see
  27. there
  28. piece
  29. ate
  30. missed
  31. allowed
  32. wait
  33. blue
  34. past
  35. bare
  36. peace
  37. rode
  38. groan
  39. pair
  40. rows

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