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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 676 · 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 “heal”? (a) waste (b) heel (c) past
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) allowed (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) one
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) sea (b) rows (c) allowed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) buy (b) eight (c) night
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) write (b) hole (c) flu
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) ate
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) night (b) their (c) break
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) maid (b) one (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) maid (b) week (c) dear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) peace (c) knew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) cell (b) pear (c) flew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) deer (b) by (c) see
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) blue (b) groan (c) plain
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) night (b) weak (c) waist
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) flower (b) rose (c) steal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) there (b) hear (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) berry (b) waste (c) dear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) flew (c) there
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) hear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) hear (b) write (c) plane
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) weight (c) flour
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) son (c) weak
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sea (b) cell (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) there (b) blue (c) one
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) ate (c) blew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) hear (b) sail (c) piece
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) new (b) rose (c) weight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) allowed (b) rode (c) cell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) rose (c) no
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) blue (c) hear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) passed (c) sail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) blue (b) break (c) knight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) heal (b) peace (c) sale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) brake (b) night (c) there
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) their (b) tail (c) flower
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) waist (b) plane (c) night
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) meet (b) heel (c) aloud
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) plane (b) there (c) peace

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. no
  3. passed
  4. allowed
  5. eight
  6. flu
  7. waist
  8. their
  9. blew
  10. week
  11. steel
  12. pear
  13. see
  14. groan
  15. weak
  16. rose
  17. one
  18. dear
  19. see
  20. hear
  21. write
  22. flu
  23. by
  24. buy
  25. one
  26. tale
  27. piece
  28. pair
  29. weight
  30. cell
  31. rode
  32. rows
  33. pear
  34. knight
  35. sale
  36. night
  37. tail
  38. plane
  39. aloud
  40. there

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