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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 622 · 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 “rode”? (a) road (b) peace (c) whole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) won (b) tail (c) sell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sun (b) blew (c) whole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) grown (b) knot (c) blew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) wait (c) bear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knew (b) dear (c) ate
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) weight (b) allowed (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) mail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) write (b) rose (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) ate (b) past (c) knot
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) write (b) new (c) waist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) blue (c) past
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) flower (b) toe (c) whole
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sail (b) blew (c) allowed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) flew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) blew (b) no (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) blew (c) brake
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) meat (b) buy (c) berry
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) male
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) ate (b) grown (c) male
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) passed (b) waist (c) blue
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) toe (c) one
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) see (c) peace
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) grown
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) groan (b) bare (c) see
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) meet (b) piece (c) heel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) weak
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) new (b) past (c) brake
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) bare (c) aloud
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) plane (b) right (c) knot
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) mail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) past (b) one (c) mail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) allowed (b) meet (c) steal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) mail (b) knew (c) ate
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) allowed (c) pair
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) sell (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) brake (b) weak (c) bare
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) brake (b) flew (c) heal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) here (c) hole

Answer key

  1. road
  2. sell
  3. blew
  4. knot
  5. sale
  6. ate
  7. allowed
  8. weak
  9. rose
  10. knot
  11. new
  12. wait
  13. whole
  14. blew
  15. flew
  16. no
  17. knight
  18. flower
  19. berry
  20. male
  21. male
  22. waist
  23. brake
  24. here
  25. passed
  26. see
  27. heel
  28. blue
  29. past
  30. sail
  31. right
  32. mail
  33. one
  34. steal
  35. knew
  36. deer
  37. flour
  38. bare
  39. heal
  40. made

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