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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 690 · 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 “sea”? (a) blue (b) see (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) won
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) know (c) tail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) passed (b) steel (c) bury
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) aloud (b) bear (c) know
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) sea (b) here (c) toe
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) weight (b) hole (c) rode
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) rows (b) maid (c) their
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) cell
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) know (b) rose (c) wait
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) blue
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) sale (b) aloud (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) right (c) knot
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) flu (b) berry (c) there
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) see
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) peace
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) made (c) aloud
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) male (b) berry (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) week (b) new (c) passed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) write (b) tail (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) their (b) blue (c) here
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) right (b) hear (c) sell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) maid (c) male
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) male (c) deer
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) heal (b) steal (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) won (b) there (c) pear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) eight (b) not (c) know
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) wait (c) tow
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steal (b) weight (c) ate
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) flour
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) their (b) no (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) one (c) maid
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sun (b) buy (c) flew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) plane
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) eight (c) knot
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) blew (b) male (c) there
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) wait (b) buy (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) break (b) their (c) sale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) peace (c) aloud

Answer key

  1. see
  2. won
  3. mist
  4. bury
  5. know
  6. tail
  7. here
  8. hole
  9. their
  10. cell
  11. rose
  12. passed
  13. aloud
  14. knew
  15. berry
  16. tow
  17. peace
  18. cell
  19. missed
  20. new
  21. tail
  22. here
  23. hear
  24. one
  25. blew
  26. weight
  27. there
  28. not
  29. passed
  30. ate
  31. pair
  32. no
  33. bear
  34. flew
  35. plane
  36. sail
  37. there
  38. groan
  39. their
  40. flour

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