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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 769 · 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 “cell”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) sell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) one (c) buy
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) blew (b) wait (c) plane
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) no (b) bury (c) passed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) won (b) steal (c) meat
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tale (b) there (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) their (c) tail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) waste (b) peace (c) steel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) one (c) maid
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) new (c) waste
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) write (b) eight (c) hole
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) by (b) berry (c) pear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) passed (b) hole (c) sale
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) tow (b) won (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) waste (b) week (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) male
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) meet (b) son (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sale (b) meet (c) hole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) their (c) break
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) one (b) tail (c) aloud
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) steel (b) piece (c) son
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) flew (b) dear (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tow (b) their (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) no (b) one (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sale (b) flew (c) one
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) cell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rows (b) knew (c) break
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) week (c) bear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) toe (b) by (c) night
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) berry (b) male (c) break
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) whole (b) groan (c) one
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) knew (b) grown (c) wait
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) one (c) groan
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) hole (b) aloud (c) toe
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) know
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) pair (b) rode (c) rows
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) no (b) here (c) heel
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) rose (b) whole (c) flew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) heal (b) one (c) groan
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flu (b) male (c) write

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. see
  3. plane
  4. passed
  5. meat
  6. there
  7. break
  8. peace
  9. sell
  10. won
  11. eight
  12. berry
  13. sale
  14. knight
  15. brake
  16. male
  17. buy
  18. hole
  19. deer
  20. aloud
  21. piece
  22. dear
  23. their
  24. bear
  25. flew
  26. pear
  27. break
  28. see
  29. by
  30. male
  31. one
  32. wait
  33. steel
  34. toe
  35. flower
  36. rode
  37. here
  38. whole
  39. one
  40. write

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