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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 597 · 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 “cell”? (a) plain (b) heal (c) sell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) missed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) by (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) their (b) sea (c) flew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) blue (b) mist (c) tale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) eight (b) mist (c) pear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) toe (b) sell (c) tail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) mist (b) one (c) passed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) week (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) sea (c) right
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) sail (b) dear (c) heel
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) brake (c) weight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sale (c) blew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) buy (b) heel (c) rode
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) made (b) deer (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) heal (b) bear (c) not
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) sun (b) night (c) ate
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sale (b) blew (c) grown
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) waist (c) hole
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) deer (b) knot (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) maid (b) plane (c) bury
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) steal (b) flew (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) know (b) maid (c) brake
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) groan
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) grown (b) rows (c) plain
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) weak
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) know (b) brake (c) tow
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) mail (b) new (c) blew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bury (b) buy (c) flower
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) not (c) hear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) bear (b) flour (c) steel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) one (b) road (c) new
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sell (b) blew (c) rows
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) knew (c) flew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) night (b) weak (c) tow
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) pair (b) meat (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) knight (b) flower (c) sail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) pear (b) hole (c) rows
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) write (b) sell (c) not
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) wait (b) allowed (c) see

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. waist
  3. bury
  4. sea
  5. mist
  6. mist
  7. tail
  8. passed
  9. their
  10. bare
  11. dear
  12. flu
  13. tale
  14. rode
  15. one
  16. bear
  17. night
  18. blew
  19. see
  20. whole
  21. plane
  22. write
  23. maid
  24. meat
  25. rows
  26. flew
  27. brake
  28. new
  29. flower
  30. heal
  31. steel
  32. road
  33. blew
  34. pair
  35. tow
  36. meat
  37. flower
  38. rows
  39. not
  40. allowed

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