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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 59 · 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 “flower”? (a) made (b) break (c) flour
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sun (b) heal (c) peace
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) berry (b) rode (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) steel (b) won (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) flour (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) rode (c) weak
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sale (b) groan (c) new
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) son (c) knight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) weight (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) not (b) blew (c) buy
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) rose (b) missed (c) allowed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) bury
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) night (b) heel (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) won (c) sell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) tow (b) past (c) steal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waste (b) maid (c) their
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) blue (c) rode
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) heel (b) sail (c) tale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) steel (c) there
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) won (b) tale (c) peace
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) bare (c) peace
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) weak (c) passed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) past (c) hole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) past (c) dear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) tail (b) rode (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) rose (c) eight
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) by
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) groan (b) flower (c) blew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) tow (b) pair (c) blew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) heal (b) rode (c) meat
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) bare (b) tail (c) bury
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) waste (b) maid (c) ate
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) passed (c) maid
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) by (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) tail
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knight (b) there (c) grown
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) piece
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) berry (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) weight (c) week

Answer key

  1. flour
  2. heal
  3. eight
  4. won
  5. night
  6. see
  7. new
  8. groan
  9. ate
  10. bury
  11. buy
  12. allowed
  13. flu
  14. heel
  15. heel
  16. past
  17. their
  18. heal
  19. tale
  20. night
  21. tale
  22. rode
  23. meet
  24. cell
  25. groan
  26. flour
  27. weight
  28. by
  29. blew
  30. pair
  31. meat
  32. tail
  33. maid
  34. blue
  35. break
  36. tail
  37. there
  38. sale
  39. tow
  40. write

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