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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 754 · 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 “allowed”? (a) cell (b) dear (c) aloud
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) waste (b) road (c) sell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) steel (b) sale (c) groan
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) see (b) flour (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) hear (c) their
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knot (b) flour (c) plane
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) right (b) dear (c) toe
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) toe (b) dear (c) whole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) no (b) break (c) road
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flour (b) here (c) write
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) berry
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) new (b) buy (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) here (b) pear (c) toe
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) tail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sail (b) brake (c) cell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) blew (b) son (c) rode
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) heel (c) sail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) new (b) tow (c) road
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) past (c) rose
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) ate (c) piece
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) waist (b) pear (c) no
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) missed (b) peace (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) night (b) pair (c) hear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) buy (b) rode (c) one
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) rode (b) plain (c) grown
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) wait (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) sea (b) mist (c) break
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) peace (c) one
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) cell (b) waist (c) steal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) write
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) sea (b) knew (c) by
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) won (b) their (c) night
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) here (b) maid (c) piece
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) ate
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) berry (b) bare (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) grown (b) here (c) flu
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) bury (b) knew (c) blue
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) grown (b) ate (c) sale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) flour (b) heel (c) steel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) blew (c) buy

Answer key

  1. aloud
  2. sell
  3. sale
  4. flour
  5. break
  6. flour
  7. dear
  8. whole
  9. road
  10. write
  11. eight
  12. buy
  13. pear
  14. tail
  15. brake
  16. son
  17. by
  18. tow
  19. sun
  20. here
  21. pear
  22. blue
  23. hear
  24. rode
  25. grown
  26. peace
  27. break
  28. plain
  29. waist
  30. steel
  31. knew
  32. their
  33. piece
  34. weak
  35. bare
  36. flu
  37. blue
  38. ate
  39. heel
  40. male

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