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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 495 · 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 “heel”? (a) heal (b) mist (c) rode
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) weight (b) son (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) won (b) rode (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) pear (b) night (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) heel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) sea (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) weak (b) berry (c) write
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) meat (b) groan (c) blue
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) heal (c) plain
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) won (b) past (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) grown (b) knight (c) flu
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) waste (c) toe
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) won (b) by (c) flower
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) deer (b) mist (c) one
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) hole (b) toe (c) past
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) ate (b) cell (c) write
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) night (c) weak
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) missed (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) steal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) tow (b) not (c) hear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) flu
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) flu (b) hole (c) weak
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flower (b) flu (c) right
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) aloud
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) dear (b) their (c) pair
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) one (b) meet (c) grown
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) no (b) toe (c) sun
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) son
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) one (b) steel (c) their
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) son (b) tail (c) piece
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) wait (c) pair
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) wait (b) missed (c) knot
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) week (b) knight (c) flower
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) bear (c) sale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) brake (c) not
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sale (b) past (c) maid
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) here (b) blew (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) mail (b) there (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) no (c) waste
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) tale (c) mail

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. son
  3. rode
  4. night
  5. meat
  6. wait
  7. berry
  8. groan
  9. road
  10. steal
  11. flu
  12. pair
  13. by
  14. one
  15. past
  16. cell
  17. flower
  18. groan
  19. mail
  20. not
  21. whole
  22. weak
  23. flu
  24. eight
  25. their
  26. meet
  27. toe
  28. hole
  29. steel
  30. piece
  31. break
  32. missed
  33. knight
  34. won
  35. toe
  36. past
  37. blew
  38. flour
  39. maid
  40. rode

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