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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 576 · 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 “missed”? (a) mist (b) not (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) allowed (b) right (c) flu
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) pair (b) past (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tale (b) blue (c) not
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sea (b) peace (c) blew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) steal (b) bare (c) tail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) night (b) groan (c) rose
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) road (b) right (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) cell (c) groan
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) right (c) one
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) know (b) plain (c) bury
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) knew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) grown (c) tow
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) past (b) waist (c) there
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) weight (c) allowed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) past (c) knew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) tail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) steal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) passed (b) waste (c) allowed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) weak (b) tale (c) wait
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) passed (b) weight (c) bear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) plain (b) pair (c) meat
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) sale (b) hole (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) one (b) sell (c) brake
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) eight (b) passed (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bare (b) pear (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sun (b) sale (c) deer
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) steal (b) week (c) tow
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) flu (c) sun
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) groan (c) made
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) dear (b) tail (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) sun
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) bury (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) steel (b) ate (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sun (b) brake (c) road
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flu (b) berry (c) their
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) rows (b) one (c) steal
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) sail (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flu (b) flour (c) tow
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) hole (b) berry (c) one

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. right
  3. waist
  4. blue
  5. peace
  6. tail
  7. groan
  8. night
  9. know
  10. see
  11. bury
  12. knew
  13. sell
  14. there
  15. missed
  16. flour
  17. hole
  18. sun
  19. allowed
  20. tale
  21. weight
  22. pair
  23. knight
  24. sell
  25. here
  26. flower
  27. sale
  28. tow
  29. there
  30. missed
  31. heal
  32. bare
  33. sun
  34. blue
  35. brake
  36. their
  37. one
  38. meet
  39. tow
  40. one

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