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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 67 · 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 “male”? (a) new (b) weak (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sale (b) rode (c) blew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) passed (b) plane (c) grown
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) here (b) groan (c) cell
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) road
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) pair (b) peace (c) flower
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) hear (b) see (c) knot
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) wait (b) allowed (c) weak
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) week (b) no (c) berry
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) no
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) pear (b) made (c) cell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) deer (b) mist (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) knight (b) piece (c) missed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) pear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) blew (b) not (c) dear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) their (b) heal (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) weight (c) steal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) blew (c) flew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) aloud (c) one
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) allowed (c) tale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) here (c) weight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) sell
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) allowed (b) rose (c) sun
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) see (b) whole (c) male
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) buy (b) pear (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) week (b) their (c) peace
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) right (b) know (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sail (b) missed (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) flew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) heel (b) steal (c) peace
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) mail (b) plane (c) won
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) brake (c) maid
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) wait (b) sun (c) eight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knot (b) sea (c) eight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) right (c) weight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) pair (c) write
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) buy (b) brake (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sea (b) bury (c) not

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. blew
  3. plane
  4. groan
  5. tale
  6. peace
  7. see
  8. rode
  9. weak
  10. no
  11. flour
  12. made
  13. mist
  14. piece
  15. flower
  16. not
  17. meet
  18. dear
  19. waste
  20. pair
  21. weak
  22. tail
  23. sell
  24. rose
  25. whole
  26. pear
  27. their
  28. sell
  29. won
  30. hole
  31. flew
  32. steal
  33. plane
  34. steal
  35. eight
  36. sea
  37. road
  38. knot
  39. brake
  40. bury

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