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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 448 · 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 “sell”? (a) waste (b) cell (c) flower
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) tale (c) steel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) hole (b) past (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) berry (b) rows (c) heel
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) bury (b) male (c) week
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) son (b) break (c) flu
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) right (b) sale (c) here
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) son (b) deer (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) flour (b) past (c) bare
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) pair (b) their (c) hole
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) steal (b) new (c) see
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) no (b) meat (c) here
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) break (b) won (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meat (b) flower (c) maid
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) toe (c) road
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) pear (b) dear (c) steal
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) no (b) plane (c) blue
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) rose (b) waist (c) passed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) mail (c) pair
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) sail (b) by (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) son (c) break
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) eight (b) plain (c) mail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) rode (b) knew (c) rose
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) one (b) peace (c) knot
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) bare (b) weak (c) toe
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) there (b) meat (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) heal
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) hear (c) sail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) right (b) steal (c) missed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) knight (b) meat (c) bear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sun (b) passed (c) hole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flower (b) tale (c) not
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) dear (b) know (c) flower
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) maid (c) plane
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weak (b) weight (c) whole
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) plain (b) son (c) bury
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sea (b) no (c) sale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) flu (c) tow
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) break (b) rows (c) knot
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) bury (b) new (c) toe

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. dear
  3. maid
  4. rows
  5. week
  6. break
  7. here
  8. pair
  9. past
  10. their
  11. new
  12. meat
  13. won
  14. maid
  15. blew
  16. steal
  17. blue
  18. passed
  19. road
  20. write
  21. meet
  22. plain
  23. knew
  24. peace
  25. toe
  26. flour
  27. sun
  28. right
  29. missed
  30. meat
  31. hole
  32. not
  33. know
  34. steel
  35. weight
  36. bury
  37. no
  38. heel
  39. knot
  40. toe

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