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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 551 · 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 “rose”? (a) rows (b) peace (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) their (b) steel (c) buy
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) tail (b) break (c) sale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) cell (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) flew (b) one (c) sun
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) maid (c) toe
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) grown (c) break
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) blew (b) whole (c) waste
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) son (b) meat (c) bare
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) plain (c) sun
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) not (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) there (c) rode
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) dear (b) break (c) cell
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) made (b) rose (c) won
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flower (b) toe (c) break
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) night (b) son (c) pear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tow (b) flu (c) steal
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) here (c) maid
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) male (b) road (c) sell
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) here (c) flew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) knight (b) meet (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) rode (b) one (c) pear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) eight (b) bear (c) piece
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) past (b) knight (c) steal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) aloud (b) waist (c) meet
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) hear (b) write (c) maid
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) male
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) not (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) there (c) bare
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) past (b) tail (c) sail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) piece (b) blue (c) cell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) bare (b) flew (c) sell
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) bare (b) see (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) heel (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) eight (b) heel (c) dear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) waist (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) plane (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) new
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) blue

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. buy
  3. sale
  4. meet
  5. sun
  6. peace
  7. week
  8. waste
  9. bare
  10. road
  11. aloud
  12. by
  13. break
  14. won
  15. toe
  16. son
  17. steal
  18. not
  19. sell
  20. no
  21. hole
  22. one
  23. piece
  24. knight
  25. flower
  26. waist
  27. maid
  28. male
  29. new
  30. break
  31. sail
  32. blue
  33. flew
  34. see
  35. knot
  36. heel
  37. bear
  38. toe
  39. new
  40. blue

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