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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 731 · 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 “heel”? (a) blue (b) heal (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) know (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hear (b) weight (c) sale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) allowed (c) sea
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) see (b) tail (c) here
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) steel (b) sail (c) allowed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) won (b) eight (c) meat
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) break (b) flew (c) weak
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) there (b) meet (c) buy
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) write (b) deer (c) tail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) sun (c) male
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) sun (c) no
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) blue (b) here (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) male (b) bury (c) no
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) rode (b) mist (c) cell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) no (b) sail (c) by
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) know
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) here
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) rose (c) blue
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) see (c) by
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) cell (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) knight (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) aloud
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) sea (c) toe
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) bear (b) one (c) cell
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) flu (c) bury
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) week (c) pair
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) grown (b) rode (c) not
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) bear (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) here (b) made (c) mist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) night (b) write (c) cell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) plain (c) week
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) here (c) son
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) son (c) made
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) mist (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) by (b) flower (c) tale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) blue (b) male (c) berry
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) steel (b) flour (c) toe
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) brake
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) tail (b) son (c) dear

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. heal
  3. weight
  4. piece
  5. tail
  6. allowed
  7. eight
  8. flew
  9. buy
  10. tail
  11. heel
  12. steal
  13. son
  14. bury
  15. cell
  16. by
  17. know
  18. blew
  19. won
  20. knew
  21. there
  22. bare
  23. eight
  24. night
  25. one
  26. no
  27. plane
  28. rode
  29. weak
  30. made
  31. cell
  32. here
  33. rose
  34. right
  35. flour
  36. tale
  37. male
  38. toe
  39. brake
  40. dear

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