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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 700 · 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 “there”? (a) their (b) tow (c) cell
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) groan (b) flower (c) piece
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) sun (c) steel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) hear (b) aloud (c) night
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) meat (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) mail (c) by
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) plane (b) allowed (c) by
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) there (b) weight (c) sale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) whole (b) cell (c) ate
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) here (b) eight (c) buy
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rode (b) maid (c) break
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) write (c) steel
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) meet (c) night
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sea (b) not (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) here (b) heel (c) flu
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) know (b) right (c) won
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) heal (c) toe
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) flu (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) write (c) piece
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) bear (b) waist (c) not
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) by (b) ate (c) pair
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) rose (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) road (b) steal (c) sell
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) sea (b) allowed (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) rode (c) knight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) here
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) cell (b) bear (c) passed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) night (b) not (c) sea
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) eight (b) weak (c) meet
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) see (b) piece (c) bury
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) groan (b) knot (c) flu
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) passed (b) plane (c) mail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) buy (c) meat
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) male (b) peace (c) road
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sell (b) new (c) sun
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) rose (c) week
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) flu
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) bear (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) here (b) heal (c) sell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) bury (b) toe (c) new

Answer key

  1. their
  2. flower
  3. sail
  4. night
  5. know
  6. knew
  7. by
  8. sale
  9. ate
  10. buy
  11. break
  12. meet
  13. bury
  14. flower
  15. heel
  16. right
  17. flew
  18. weak
  19. sea
  20. waist
  21. ate
  22. night
  23. steal
  24. allowed
  25. no
  26. here
  27. passed
  28. not
  29. weak
  30. bury
  31. flu
  32. mail
  33. mist
  34. road
  35. new
  36. steel
  37. waste
  38. male
  39. heal
  40. new

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