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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 683 · 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 “heel”? (a) steel (b) heal (c) dear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) cell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) waste
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) berry (b) maid (c) steal
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) dear (c) buy
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) rose (b) knot (c) bear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) weak (b) flu (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) allowed (b) groan (c) plane
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) sail (b) one (c) cell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) knot (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) pair (b) bear (c) their
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) see (b) meet (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) won (b) heel (c) steel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) rode (b) made (c) wait
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) blew (b) waist (c) flu
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) right (b) won (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) new (b) son (c) tale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) night (b) sell (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) waste (b) knot (c) bear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) blew (b) rose (c) sail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) there (c) past
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tail (b) blew (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) flew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) flower (b) mail (c) week
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) made (b) pear (c) missed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) blue (c) maid
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) not (c) meat
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) aloud (b) there (c) rode
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) toe (b) pair (c) new
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) deer (b) allowed (c) sun
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) pair (b) knight (c) hole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) hear (b) ate (c) grown
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) deer (b) see (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) by (b) dear (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sea (b) past (c) heal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) made (b) one (c) weak
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) flu (c) blue
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) peace (c) toe
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) write (b) sea (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) meat (b) toe (c) one

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. blue
  3. waste
  4. maid
  5. missed
  6. knot
  7. flu
  8. plane
  9. cell
  10. weight
  11. their
  12. night
  13. steel
  14. wait
  15. flu
  16. won
  17. son
  18. son
  19. bear
  20. sail
  21. deer
  22. blew
  23. wait
  24. week
  25. missed
  26. flew
  27. deer
  28. there
  29. pair
  30. sun
  31. knight
  32. grown
  33. by
  34. heal
  35. past
  36. weak
  37. cell
  38. mail
  39. here
  40. one

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