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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 593 · 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 “sell”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) knot (c) know
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) not (b) mail (c) past
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) rose
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) see (b) there (c) piece
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) grown (b) knot (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) heal (b) see (c) new
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) knot (b) mist (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) sea (b) steel (c) one
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) eight (b) week (c) meat
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) waist (b) bury (c) see
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) right (b) knight (c) knot
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) blew (b) one (c) steal
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) passed (b) flour (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) aloud (b) eight (c) here
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sun (b) brake (c) night
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) toe (c) not
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) wait (b) knot (c) flu
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) weight (b) hear (c) hole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) deer (b) steel (c) missed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) break (b) rows (c) sell
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) night (b) son (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) deer (b) plane (c) sun
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) mist (c) steal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) there (b) flour (c) not
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) hole (b) new (c) maid
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) hear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) groan (b) berry (c) no
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) berry (b) male (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) tail (c) bear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) piece (c) new
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) toe
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) knew (b) by (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) allowed (b) waist (c) buy
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) tail (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) blew (c) their
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) new (b) see (c) right
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) road (c) groan
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) bare (c) whole

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. break
  3. mail
  4. rose
  5. there
  6. night
  7. new
  8. mist
  9. steel
  10. meat
  11. see
  12. maid
  13. knight
  14. one
  15. sale
  16. eight
  17. brake
  18. ate
  19. knot
  20. hole
  21. steel
  22. rows
  23. son
  24. plane
  25. flu
  26. not
  27. maid
  28. mist
  29. no
  30. male
  31. plain
  32. missed
  33. toe
  34. by
  35. buy
  36. blue
  37. flour
  38. see
  39. break
  40. passed

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