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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 661 · 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 “aloud”? (a) berry (b) maid (c) allowed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) cell (b) plane (c) maid
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) hole (b) ate (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sail (b) knot (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) see (c) meat
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) one (b) flew (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) deer (b) piece (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) know (b) weight (c) missed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) peace (b) hear (c) knot
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) hear (b) flour (c) made
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) eight (b) steel (c) toe
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) blue (c) week
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) meat (c) whole
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) night (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sea (b) heal (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) plain
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flu (b) write (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) hear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) tail (c) brake
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) son (b) flower (c) night
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flower (b) one (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) tow (b) mail (c) son
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) no (b) see (c) heel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) sail (c) groan
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) see (b) flower (c) knight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tail (b) knight (c) knew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) grown (b) weight (c) there
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) blue (c) son
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) right (b) here (c) new
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) bare (b) sun (c) one
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) there (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) flour (c) maid
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) ate (b) passed (c) blew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) no (b) right (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) dear (b) cell (c) male
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) maid (b) waist (c) meet
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) heel (c) past
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) missed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) meet (b) here (c) groan

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. maid
  3. ate
  4. knot
  5. sale
  6. see
  7. piece
  8. missed
  9. hear
  10. flour
  11. toe
  12. toe
  13. bare
  14. groan
  15. sale
  16. plain
  17. write
  18. grown
  19. week
  20. night
  21. eight
  22. son
  23. heel
  24. peace
  25. flower
  26. knew
  27. there
  28. sea
  29. new
  30. sun
  31. not
  32. sell
  33. passed
  34. right
  35. there
  36. male
  37. waist
  38. mist
  39. cell
  40. here

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