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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 587 · 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 “sale”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) there
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) their (c) eight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) dear (c) here
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) meet
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) rose
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) knot (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flower (b) won (c) grown
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) rows (c) eight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) knew (b) not (c) missed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) past (b) sea (c) meet
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) ate (b) peace (c) hole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) toe (c) bury
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) mail (b) groan (c) knew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) break (b) sun (c) sea
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) rose (c) aloud
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hole (b) deer (c) allowed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) berry (b) tale (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) toe (b) week (c) sell
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) no (b) right (c) bare
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) rows
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) one (b) made (c) meet
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sell (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) rose (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) steal (b) road (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) knew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) see
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) maid (b) rows (c) won
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) by (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) steal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) won (b) bury (c) rose
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) whole (b) bury (c) toe
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) knot (c) groan
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) brake
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) right (c) week
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) plain
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) blew (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) berry (c) new
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) steel (b) sea (c) bare
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) night (b) allowed (c) road

Answer key

  1. sail
  2. plain
  3. write
  4. cell
  5. meet
  6. grown
  7. missed
  8. grown
  9. male
  10. not
  11. meet
  12. peace
  13. dear
  14. knew
  15. sea
  16. right
  17. allowed
  18. tale
  19. sell
  20. bare
  21. rows
  22. made
  23. flu
  24. ate
  25. night
  26. passed
  27. hole
  28. rows
  29. passed
  30. steal
  31. bury
  32. bury
  33. heel
  34. brake
  35. heel
  36. plain
  37. son
  38. new
  39. sea
  40. road

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