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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 61 · 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 “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) bare (c) passed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) knight (c) flu
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) won (b) bare (c) knot
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) mist (b) flew (c) see
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) buy (b) sail (c) their
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) berry (b) male (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sea (b) bury (c) not
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) plane (b) knight (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) blue (b) steal (c) mail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) bear (b) sun (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) toe (b) weak (c) son
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) passed (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) groan (b) know (c) eight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) bury (c) tail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) aloud (c) rows
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tail (b) weak (c) berry
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) see (b) knot (c) waist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) see (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) groan (b) road (c) peace
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) tow (c) see
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) by (c) meet
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) ate (b) no (c) meet
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) right (b) allowed (c) plain
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) groan (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) knot (b) plain (c) bury
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) steal (c) meat
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sail (b) toe (c) berry
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flu (b) sail (c) hear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) sun (c) flour
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flew (b) see (c) son
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) deer (b) no (c) sale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) meat (b) mail (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) weak (c) pair
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) one (c) whole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) groan (b) right (c) dear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) knot (c) passed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) wait (b) tow (c) night

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. deer
  3. bare
  4. knot
  5. flew
  6. sail
  7. male
  8. not
  9. knight
  10. mail
  11. sun
  12. son
  13. sea
  14. here
  15. eight
  16. their
  17. cell
  18. weak
  19. waist
  20. passed
  21. peace
  22. brake
  23. won
  24. meet
  25. allowed
  26. waste
  27. bury
  28. meat
  29. mail
  30. toe
  31. hear
  32. tail
  33. see
  34. sale
  35. grown
  36. knight
  37. pair
  38. right
  39. flu
  40. tow

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