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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 459 · 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 “sell”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) road
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) night (c) grown
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) hole (b) mist (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) meat (c) sell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) night (b) won (c) pair
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) bear (b) past (c) pear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) tale (c) their
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) tale (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flower (b) weak (c) tale
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) aloud (b) know (c) week
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) allowed (b) new (c) road
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) see (c) flew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) here (b) sea (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) hear (b) piece (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) rose (b) eight (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) weight (b) rows (c) blue
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) son (b) sale (c) their
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) rows (b) flour (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tow (b) blue (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) blue (b) hear (c) one
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) meat (c) waist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) night (c) waist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) eight (b) tale (c) bare
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) rode
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) not (b) see (c) maid
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) blew (b) knight (c) meat
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) here (b) sea (c) made
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) buy
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) whole (b) break (c) plane
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) there (b) ate (c) aloud
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) wait
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flour (b) tail (c) sell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) made (b) past (c) flu
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rode (b) hole (c) sun
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) sun (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) ate
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sail (b) one (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) mist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) bare (b) one (c) by
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) maid (c) buy

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. there
  3. mist
  4. flower
  5. pair
  6. pear
  7. plane
  8. dear
  9. tale
  10. week
  11. road
  12. blew
  13. right
  14. piece
  15. whole
  16. rows
  17. their
  18. waste
  19. blue
  20. hear
  21. new
  22. meet
  23. tale
  24. rode
  25. maid
  26. meat
  27. made
  28. mail
  29. break
  30. aloud
  31. eight
  32. sell
  33. past
  34. sun
  35. pair
  36. ate
  37. one
  38. weak
  39. by
  40. bear

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