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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 588 · 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 “ate”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) flu
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) waist (b) knew (c) passed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) rode (b) steal (c) cell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) sell
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) plain (b) mist (c) cell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) hear (c) flew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) sell (c) tale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) one (b) no (c) sea
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) mist (b) groan (c) meet
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) new (b) weight (c) piece
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) heal (b) buy (c) whole
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flew (b) night (c) maid
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) won (c) sea
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) mist (b) weight (c) brake
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) flew (c) sea
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) night (c) bear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) rose (c) meat
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) missed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) heel (b) made (c) tail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) plain (b) one (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) sale (c) sea
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) new
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) ate (b) deer (c) weight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) groan (c) bare
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) bear (c) knew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bear (b) mist (c) flower
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) waist
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) knot (b) peace (c) sail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) berry (b) son (c) pair
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) peace (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) waist (b) groan (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) heel (c) missed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) knot
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) eight (b) one (c) buy
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) see (b) blue (c) passed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) rose (c) right
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) wait (c) know
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) sell (b) see (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) break (c) eight

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. knew
  3. cell
  4. sell
  5. cell
  6. night
  7. berry
  8. no
  9. meet
  10. piece
  11. buy
  12. maid
  13. steal
  14. weight
  15. flour
  16. waste
  17. week
  18. missed
  19. made
  20. one
  21. here
  22. allowed
  23. weight
  24. toe
  25. past
  26. flower
  27. knot
  28. hear
  29. sail
  30. son
  31. flower
  32. see
  33. aloud
  34. knot
  35. one
  36. passed
  37. deer
  38. tow
  39. right
  40. rode

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