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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 479 · 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 “sail”? (a) sale (b) flu (c) hear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sell (b) week (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) by (b) flour (c) waist
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) see (b) bury (c) buy
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) male (b) rose (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) write (b) aloud (c) male
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) meet (c) steal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) by (b) heal (c) meet
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) road
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) week (b) flu (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) pear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sail (c) mail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) steal (b) tow (c) blue
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) bury (b) tow (c) bare
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) deer (b) son (c) plain
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) ate (c) there
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) weak (b) weight (c) made
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) steel (b) heal (c) bare
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) maid (b) sale (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) blew (b) not (c) bear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) pear (b) tale (c) sale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) know (b) weak (c) waist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) berry
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sail (b) steal (c) new
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) toe (b) knew (c) brake
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) hear (b) whole (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) heel (b) bury (c) past
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) weak (b) sea (c) berry
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) peace (b) plain (c) weight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) plain (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) hole (c) steal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) plain (b) knight (c) weak
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) flour (b) son (c) wait
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) knot (b) flew (c) heel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) there (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) maid
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) meat (b) their (c) allowed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) night (b) plane (c) flower
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) see (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) piece (b) week (c) write

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. pair
  3. waist
  4. bury
  5. sea
  6. aloud
  7. no
  8. heal
  9. road
  10. flu
  11. tow
  12. flu
  13. blue
  14. tow
  15. son
  16. bare
  17. made
  18. bare
  19. flour
  20. not
  21. tale
  22. waist
  23. steal
  24. new
  25. knew
  26. whole
  27. past
  28. berry
  29. plain
  30. blue
  31. new
  32. knight
  33. wait
  34. heel
  35. break
  36. sail
  37. allowed
  38. plane
  39. heel
  40. write

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