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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 565 · 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 “flower”? (a) tale (b) meat (c) flour
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) flew (b) blue (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) maid (b) blew (c) bare
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) one (b) sea (c) there
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) night (b) sell (c) flower
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) know
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) brake (b) see (c) week
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) berry
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) bare (c) flour
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) made (c) waist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) night (b) plain (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) blue (b) piece (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sale (b) made (c) hole
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) sell
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) brake (b) tail (c) ate
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) aloud (b) no (c) brake
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) there (b) maid (c) cell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) write (b) won (c) hear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) past
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) peace
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) one (b) see (c) pair
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) flour
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) tale (b) break (c) write
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) rode (c) dear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) toe (c) bare
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) weak (b) mail (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) road (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) plain (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) right (b) cell (c) heal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) bare (b) whole (c) aloud
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) rose (b) week (c) flour
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) heel (b) right (c) night
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) not (b) see (c) dear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) right (c) passed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) groan (b) here (c) dear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) made (c) knot
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) piece
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) passed (b) flower (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) knot (c) flower
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) knew

Answer key

  1. flour
  2. tail
  3. blew
  4. sea
  5. sell
  6. know
  7. see
  8. berry
  9. rose
  10. aloud
  11. tale
  12. knew
  13. hole
  14. sail
  15. ate
  16. no
  17. maid
  18. won
  19. past
  20. peace
  21. pair
  22. eight
  23. break
  24. bear
  25. past
  26. mail
  27. piece
  28. weight
  29. heal
  30. whole
  31. week
  32. night
  33. see
  34. know
  35. here
  36. break
  37. piece
  38. deer
  39. bear
  40. ate

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