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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 505 · 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 “no”? (a) tail (b) know (c) grown
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) ate (c) sea
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) blue (b) their (c) maid
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) plain
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) mail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) steal (b) bear (c) weak
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) won (b) blew (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) flew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) passed (b) knot (c) meat
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) week (b) missed (c) steal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) flu (b) mist (c) tail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) buy (c) dear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) toe
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) see (b) aloud (c) sale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) road (b) heel (c) brake
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) pair (c) made
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) road (b) passed (c) waist
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) tale (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) heel (c) buy
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) past (c) weak
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) won (c) bare
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rows (b) rode (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) rose
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) eight (c) male
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) right (c) meat
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) sun (c) right
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) sail (b) hear (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) mist (b) eight (c) flew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) plane (b) weight (c) berry
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) know (b) there (c) past
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) heel (b) new (c) no
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) steel (b) new (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) plane (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) right (b) berry (c) steal
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) dear (b) piece (c) new
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) cell (c) berry
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) heel (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) mist (b) hear (c) no

Answer key

  1. know
  2. male
  3. maid
  4. ate
  5. meet
  6. bear
  7. their
  8. flew
  9. meat
  10. steal
  11. tail
  12. steel
  13. flower
  14. sale
  15. brake
  16. tow
  17. passed
  18. night
  19. sell
  20. by
  21. write
  22. son
  23. sea
  24. mail
  25. flu
  26. won
  27. toe
  28. see
  29. rose
  30. eight
  31. berry
  32. there
  33. no
  34. flour
  35. aloud
  36. berry
  37. new
  38. road
  39. deer
  40. no

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