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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 708 · 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) not (b) their (c) sale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) maid (c) waist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) sell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) steal (b) plain (c) by
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) their (b) sea (c) pear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) peace (c) flew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) write (b) there (c) weak
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) weak (b) missed (c) sea
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) male (b) waist (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) pair (b) cell (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) hole
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) meet (c) male
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) toe (b) aloud (c) past
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) son (b) week (c) know
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) wait (b) blue (c) steel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) tale
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) know (b) hear (c) blew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) pair (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) mist (b) buy (c) bare
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) piece (b) mist (c) flower
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) write (b) night (c) groan
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) grown (b) flower (c) past
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) heal (b) new (c) know
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) break (b) cell (c) tail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) by (c) allowed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) weak (b) brake (c) past
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) peace (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) male (c) pair
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) passed (b) knew (c) bury
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) dear (b) right (c) tail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) mist
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) brake (b) sun (c) won
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) one (b) pair (c) there
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) bear (c) sun
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) break
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) aloud (b) toe (c) past
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) hear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) right (b) won (c) tale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) weight (b) bear (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) week

Answer key

  1. their
  2. sell
  3. flu
  4. plain
  5. pear
  6. eight
  7. weak
  8. sea
  9. waist
  10. cell
  11. eight
  12. tail
  13. past
  14. week
  15. steel
  16. mail
  17. blew
  18. missed
  19. buy
  20. flower
  21. groan
  22. flower
  23. new
  24. tail
  25. tow
  26. past
  27. maid
  28. road
  29. bury
  30. right
  31. mist
  32. sun
  33. pair
  34. cell
  35. break
  36. toe
  37. sea
  38. won
  39. bear
  40. steal

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