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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 727 · 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 “write”? (a) bury (b) right (c) grown
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) sale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) toe (c) knot
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) road (b) by (c) flew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) blue (b) knew (c) break
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) know (b) mist (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) ate
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) no (c) tail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) road (b) hole (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) no (c) mail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) mist (c) plane
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) heel (b) hole (c) ate
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) tow
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) waste (b) toe (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) made (b) bear (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) toe (c) meat
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) their (b) meat (c) wait
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) weak (b) no (c) wait
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) break (b) blew (c) male
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) by (b) not (c) tail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) toe (b) steel (c) week
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) knot (b) write (c) pair
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) one (b) bear (c) week
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) their (b) week (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) tail (c) aloud
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bear (b) plane (c) write
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rows (b) bare (c) knight
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) son (b) break (c) grown
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) ate (b) allowed (c) passed
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) steal (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) sail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blue (b) son (c) cell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) weak (b) hear (c) waste
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) eight (c) knot
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) eight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) rose (c) there
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) passed (b) there (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) groan (c) sea
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) one (b) rows (c) mail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) rose (b) flew (c) berry

Answer key

  1. right
  2. sell
  3. dear
  4. flew
  5. break
  6. mist
  7. sale
  8. road
  9. new
  10. allowed
  11. flour
  12. hole
  13. maid
  14. knight
  15. bear
  16. tale
  17. meat
  18. no
  19. male
  20. tail
  21. steel
  22. write
  23. week
  24. sun
  25. ate
  26. plane
  27. bare
  28. grown
  29. passed
  30. weight
  31. eight
  32. cell
  33. waste
  34. made
  35. weak
  36. wait
  37. piece
  38. sail
  39. rows
  40. berry

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