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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 498 · 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 “heal”? (a) heel (b) waist (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) write (b) ate (c) flu
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) steel (c) one
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) new (b) flower (c) sell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) groan (b) knight (c) mist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) toe (b) son (c) ate
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) bare (b) pair (c) allowed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) made
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) rode (b) peace (c) hole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) see (c) pear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) knew (b) mail (c) plain
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) weak (b) write (c) deer
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) rose (c) pair
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knew (b) flour (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) road (b) buy (c) past
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) pear (b) right (c) piece
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) brake (c) flu
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) hear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) allowed (b) knight (c) missed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) aloud
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) rows (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) there (b) made (c) bury
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) break (c) tail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) allowed (c) heel
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rose (b) knew (c) missed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) knight (b) waist (c) flew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) night (c) mail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) knew (b) heel (c) pear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) by
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rows (b) break (c) pear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) their
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) brake (c) plane
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) made (b) pair (c) hear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hear (b) heel (c) eight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) see (c) pear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) heal (b) their (c) by
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) toe (c) buy
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) won (c) rows
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) bare (b) blue (c) heal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) night (b) waist (c) peace

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. ate
  3. whole
  4. sell
  5. mist
  6. son
  7. pair
  8. flew
  9. hole
  10. their
  11. plain
  12. write
  13. berry
  14. flour
  15. buy
  16. right
  17. aloud
  18. passed
  19. missed
  20. blew
  21. blue
  22. bury
  23. rose
  24. bare
  25. knew
  26. waist
  27. grown
  28. pear
  29. cell
  30. break
  31. bear
  32. waste
  33. pair
  34. eight
  35. dear
  36. by
  37. here
  38. knot
  39. heal
  40. waist

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