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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 510 · 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 “sea”? (a) piece (b) see (c) flour
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) their (c) knot
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) rows (c) cell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) meet (b) right (c) mist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) pear (b) one (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) buy (b) cell (c) their
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) flu (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) won (b) by (c) cell
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) passed (b) waste (c) flower
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) eight (c) toe
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) knot (c) ate
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) steal (b) rows (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) groan (b) past (c) tale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sea (b) flour (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) berry (b) blew (c) flew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) pair (b) groan (c) deer
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) one (b) past (c) bear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) bury (b) meet (c) right
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) blew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) maid (b) hole (c) heal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sell (b) sun (c) heel
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) cell (b) steel (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) blue
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) tail (b) hole (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knight (b) hole (c) blew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) bear (b) there (c) waist
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) dear (b) flour (c) son
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) there (c) road
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) knot (b) week (c) peace
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) deer (b) hole (c) flu
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) toe (b) plain (c) steal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) knot (b) hear (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) steal (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) rode (c) night
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) no (b) road (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) heel (b) there (c) groan
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) male (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) sail (c) rose
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) mail (b) hole (c) ate
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) week (b) sail (c) sell

Answer key

  1. see
  2. steal
  3. buy
  4. right
  5. one
  6. their
  7. mist
  8. cell
  9. flower
  10. sale
  11. tail
  12. berry
  13. tale
  14. flour
  15. blew
  16. deer
  17. past
  18. meet
  19. knew
  20. heal
  21. sun
  22. no
  23. blue
  24. hole
  25. blew
  26. waist
  27. flour
  28. aloud
  29. peace
  30. flu
  31. steal
  32. hear
  33. bury
  34. pair
  35. road
  36. there
  37. bare
  38. night
  39. hole
  40. sell

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