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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 463 · 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 “steel”? (a) dear (b) flew (c) steal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heal (b) bear (c) flower
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) berry (b) weight (c) steal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) hole (c) bare
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) see (b) bury (c) by
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) night (b) bury (c) pair
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) maid (b) flour (c) rose
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) sail (c) cell
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) flour (c) pair
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) by (b) their (c) steel
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) week (c) new
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) tale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) won (b) made (c) here
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) mist (b) night (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) plane (c) knight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) past (b) heel (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) sell (b) mail (c) missed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) blue
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) past (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) right (c) plane
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) meet (c) eight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) sale (b) son (c) eight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) flower (c) grown
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) plane (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) new (b) rows (c) grown
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) week (c) mail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) there
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) rose (b) here (c) know
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) weight (b) pair (c) blue
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blue (b) flour (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) eight (b) made (c) cell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) right (b) whole (c) sun
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) not (b) there (c) hole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) night (b) knot (c) blew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) past (b) by (c) one
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) weight (c) not
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) see (b) cell (c) here
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rose (b) knew (c) bear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) peace

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. flower
  3. steal
  4. knight
  5. by
  6. bury
  7. flour
  8. meat
  9. dear
  10. steel
  11. sail
  12. brake
  13. sell
  14. made
  15. sun
  16. road
  17. plain
  18. mail
  19. blue
  20. ate
  21. blue
  22. sea
  23. son
  24. deer
  25. rose
  26. grown
  27. rode
  28. there
  29. know
  30. pair
  31. allowed
  32. made
  33. whole
  34. hole
  35. knot
  36. one
  37. flour
  38. here
  39. knew
  40. pear

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