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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 506 · 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) flu (b) allowed (c) heal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sail (b) meet (c) rose
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) plane (b) flour (c) meet
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sail (b) flour (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) no (b) whole (c) plain
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sale (b) heal (c) sun
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) one (b) meat (c) break
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) no (b) one (c) knew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) deer
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) toe (b) weak (c) heal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sea (b) tail (c) their
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) sale (b) rode (c) rows
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) groan (b) piece (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) brake (b) sea (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) maid (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mail (b) steel (c) wait
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) mail (b) one (c) bear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rows (b) here (c) brake
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) mail (b) there (c) road
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) dear (c) peace
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) heal (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) new (b) meat (c) tow
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) one (b) steel (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) waste (b) steal (c) toe
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) write (b) not (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) maid (c) waist
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) waist (b) new (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) blue (b) won (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) blue (b) ate (c) sea
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) buy (c) mail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) brake (b) hole (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) night (b) write (c) flew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) piece (b) new (c) right
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) mist (b) waste (c) sale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) flu (b) won (c) deer
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) knight (b) weight (c) meat
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) pair (b) hole (c) cell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) by (c) grown
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) groan
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) see (b) flower (c) tail

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. meet
  3. flour
  4. sun
  5. whole
  6. sun
  7. break
  8. knew
  9. hear
  10. weak
  11. their
  12. rode
  13. mist
  14. missed
  15. right
  16. wait
  17. one
  18. here
  19. there
  20. new
  21. pair
  22. tow
  23. steel
  24. steal
  25. not
  26. sail
  27. peace
  28. won
  29. ate
  30. pear
  31. hole
  32. flew
  33. right
  34. waste
  35. deer
  36. weight
  37. cell
  38. meet
  39. sea
  40. tail

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