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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 687 · 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 “mail”? (a) male (b) allowed (c) week
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blue (b) tale (c) cell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) past (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) missed (b) their (c) road
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) know (b) sea (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) berry
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) blew (c) flour
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) plane (b) dear (c) knew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) hear (c) weak
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) piece
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) rows (b) steal (c) flu
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sell (b) won (c) knot
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) plain
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) meat (b) waist (c) weak
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) road (b) flour (c) male
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) made (b) bear (c) blew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) eight (c) waste
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) male (b) meat (c) made
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) flower (b) by (c) write
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) heel (b) berry (c) mist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) cell (c) road
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) break (b) heel (c) pear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) buy (b) waste (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) one (b) meat (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) groan (c) week
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) groan (b) their (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) sail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) blew (b) hole (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) dear (b) steal (c) not
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) berry (b) there (c) mist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) right (b) tow (c) here
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) knight (b) berry (c) deer
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) aloud (b) rose (c) meat
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) made (b) plain (c) deer
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) meet (b) past (c) pear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) write (b) know (c) plane
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) week (b) toe (c) heal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) rode (b) allowed (c) missed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) son (b) grown (c) heel

Answer key

  1. male
  2. cell
  3. toe
  4. road
  5. right
  6. berry
  7. flew
  8. dear
  9. rose
  10. piece
  11. steal
  12. won
  13. brake
  14. weak
  15. male
  16. blew
  17. not
  18. meat
  19. by
  20. berry
  21. aloud
  22. heel
  23. allowed
  24. waist
  25. plane
  26. their
  27. tow
  28. road
  29. not
  30. mist
  31. here
  32. deer
  33. meat
  34. plain
  35. pear
  36. know
  37. heal
  38. sun
  39. missed
  40. grown

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