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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 583 · 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 “bury”? (a) flew (b) berry (c) write
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) right (b) male (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rode (b) sun (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) sea (b) bear (c) allowed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meet (b) maid (c) son
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) see (c) know
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) knight (b) won (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) waste (b) sea (c) maid
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) brake (b) hole (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) hear (b) won (c) steel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sea (b) no (c) tow
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) sell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) see (b) plain (c) flour
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) see (b) whole (c) weak
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) buy (c) berry
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) berry (b) meet (c) missed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sale (b) right (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) rode (b) aloud (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) knew (c) groan
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) heel (b) rose (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) hole (b) break (c) write
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) new (b) blew (c) deer
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) flew (b) meat (c) break
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) write (b) one (c) plain
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) there (c) eight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) plane (c) dear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) no (b) piece (c) sale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) mist (b) whole (c) eight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) sale (c) won
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) brake (b) pear (c) blue
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) here (c) buy
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) hole (b) sell (c) groan
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) flour (b) bare (c) knew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tow (b) bare (c) blue
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) won (b) know (c) rose
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) past (b) bare (c) plain
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) dear (b) weak (c) won
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) brake (b) cell (c) road
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) groan (b) eight (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) night

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. tail
  3. waist
  4. allowed
  5. maid
  6. maid
  7. won
  8. sea
  9. missed
  10. steel
  11. tow
  12. sell
  13. flour
  14. whole
  15. meat
  16. meet
  17. sun
  18. aloud
  19. night
  20. deer
  21. break
  22. blew
  23. meat
  24. plain
  25. rose
  26. steal
  27. sale
  28. eight
  29. male
  30. pear
  31. there
  32. groan
  33. bare
  34. blue
  35. know
  36. bare
  37. weak
  38. cell
  39. aloud
  40. waste

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