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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 511 · 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 “rose”? (a) knight (b) mail (c) rows
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) waist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) there (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) heal (b) sell (c) whole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) steal (c) piece
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) aloud (c) peace
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) write (b) plane (c) piece
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) right (c) one
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) rows (b) right (c) male
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) piece (b) meat (c) there
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) peace (b) break (c) whole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) there (c) ate
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) right (b) cell (c) tale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) knight (b) flew (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) new (c) knot
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) buy (c) flour
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) sail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) knight (b) wait (c) hear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) berry (c) weight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) steal (b) blew (c) here
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) pear (b) groan (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flu (b) see (c) bury
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) bear (b) won (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) aloud
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) berry (b) pear (c) deer
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) aloud (c) blue
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) right (b) sale (c) new
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) meet (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) waste (b) weak (c) tail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) knot (c) whole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knew (b) heel (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sell (b) waste (c) weak
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) break (b) knot (c) road
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) weight (b) maid (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) flu (c) weight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) whole (b) right (c) new
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) right

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. berry
  3. knew
  4. sell
  5. male
  6. blew
  7. berry
  8. piece
  9. aloud
  10. male
  11. meat
  12. whole
  13. passed
  14. cell
  15. flew
  16. deer
  17. no
  18. weight
  19. son
  20. hear
  21. sale
  22. sail
  23. here
  24. flew
  25. bury
  26. won
  27. bare
  28. deer
  29. meet
  30. new
  31. bear
  32. tail
  33. rose
  34. sea
  35. weak
  36. knot
  37. maid
  38. write
  39. new
  40. right

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