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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 716 · 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 “write”? (a) tale (b) mail (c) right
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) write (c) berry
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) maid (b) mist (c) week
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) steel (b) aloud (c) heel
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bury (b) hole (c) mist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) berry (b) sale (c) knot
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) blew (b) missed (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) plain (b) rose (c) bury
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) bare (b) groan (c) their
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) past (b) whole (c) cell
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) there (b) here (c) weight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) bare (c) see
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) knew (b) male (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) sell (c) rode
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) right (b) sell (c) passed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) heal (c) made
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) pair (b) passed (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) flour (c) groan
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) plain (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sea (b) buy (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) hole (b) heel (c) knot
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) their (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) their (b) maid (c) weak
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) peace (c) buy
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) by (c) eight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) blew (b) week (c) sale
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) maid (b) passed (c) meat
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) knight (c) knot
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) won (b) past (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) brake
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) rode (b) flu (c) knight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) pear (b) peace (c) see
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) see (c) tow
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) hear (b) made (c) wait
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) peace
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) hole (b) sale (c) sell
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tail (b) won (c) write
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) past (c) heel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) allowed (c) here

Answer key

  1. right
  2. heal
  3. mist
  4. heel
  5. mist
  6. sale
  7. allowed
  8. rose
  9. groan
  10. whole
  11. weight
  12. here
  13. son
  14. won
  15. passed
  16. bare
  17. flower
  18. waist
  19. sail
  20. buy
  21. knot
  22. cell
  23. maid
  24. meet
  25. rows
  26. sale
  27. knew
  28. passed
  29. rode
  30. past
  31. eight
  32. flu
  33. see
  34. sun
  35. wait
  36. dear
  37. sell
  38. won
  39. brake
  40. write

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