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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 513 · 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 “deer”? (a) see (b) sell (c) dear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) pear (b) heal (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) bare (c) mist
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sea (b) mail (c) wait
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) meat (b) right (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) meat
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) groan (c) sell
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) new (b) pear (c) flew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) berry (c) sale
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) pair (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) road
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) buy (c) ate
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) brake (c) hear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) no (b) weak (c) tow
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) hear (b) road (c) plain
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) pair (c) past
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) meet (b) heel (c) tale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flu (b) groan (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) by (b) sea (c) their
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) steel (c) night
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) pear (b) weak (c) heel
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) their
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) heal (b) break (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) tale (b) meat (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) weak (c) grown
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) buy (b) write (c) blue
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) grown (b) rows (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) won (c) made
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) hear (b) whole (c) knight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) mist (c) pear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) sea (c) piece
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) mail (b) sale (c) knot
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flew (b) male (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) one (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) bury (b) blew (c) steel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) groan
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) write (b) not (c) knight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) piece (b) plane (c) berry
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) dear (b) rose (c) weak

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. heal
  3. grown
  4. mail
  5. flower
  6. meat
  7. one
  8. pear
  9. eight
  10. week
  11. peace
  12. waste
  13. weak
  14. tow
  15. plain
  16. cell
  17. tale
  18. groan
  19. their
  20. weight
  21. heel
  22. toe
  23. peace
  24. break
  25. sea
  26. sell
  27. blue
  28. road
  29. flower
  30. knight
  31. meat
  32. bear
  33. knot
  34. male
  35. write
  36. steel
  37. flew
  38. not
  39. berry
  40. weak

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