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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 465 · 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 “knot”? (a) not (b) blue (c) know
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) new (b) tale (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) meet (c) rode
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) rode (c) pair
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) toe (b) write (c) know
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) won (b) bare (c) flower
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) tow (c) dear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) male (b) mist (c) week
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) bare (b) hear (c) tow
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) rows (b) allowed (c) eight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) mist (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) not (b) blue (c) ate
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) heal (b) pair (c) tail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) won (c) aloud
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) groan (c) aloud
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) passed (b) waste (c) blew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) bear (b) sail (c) rows
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flower (b) dear (c) hole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) son (c) maid
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) wait (b) aloud (c) son
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) sun (c) missed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) peace (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) here (b) waist (c) groan
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) heel (b) plain (c) new
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) not (b) maid (c) week
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) rose (b) sun (c) there
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) steal (c) heal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) hear (c) piece
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) berry (b) flew (c) sell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) no (b) bare (c) rose
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) bare (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) won (b) knot (c) son
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) one (b) road (c) pear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) knight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) mist (b) peace (c) cell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) week (b) sea (c) whole
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) peace (c) knew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) by (b) berry (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) road (b) right (c) rose
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) dear

Answer key

  1. not
  2. tale
  3. sale
  4. heel
  5. write
  6. flower
  7. steel
  8. mist
  9. tow
  10. eight
  11. sale
  12. ate
  13. tail
  14. cell
  15. here
  16. blew
  17. rows
  18. hole
  19. sell
  20. son
  21. right
  22. week
  23. groan
  24. plain
  25. maid
  26. sun
  27. piece
  28. meat
  29. sell
  30. rose
  31. hole
  32. knot
  33. pear
  34. cell
  35. peace
  36. whole
  37. made
  38. flour
  39. rose
  40. dear

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