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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 783 · 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 “steal”? (a) made (b) knew (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) pear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blue (b) waist (c) sea
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) right (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) won (b) waste (c) rose
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) by (b) not (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) not (b) there (c) plane
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) right (b) knot (c) peace
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) sell (c) weak
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) tale (b) dear (c) their
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) road
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knight (b) rose (c) sun
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knight (b) rows (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sale (b) their (c) hole
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) see (b) rows (c) tail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) rode (b) peace (c) tail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sea (b) rows (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) no (b) flower (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) knight (b) brake (c) sun
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flower (b) one (c) eight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) write (b) tale (c) toe
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) brake (b) waist (c) tail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) pair (c) road
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) won (b) see (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) there (b) bare (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) not (b) bury (c) by
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) heel
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) sail (b) there (c) aloud
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) sail (c) aloud
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) maid (b) knot (c) bury
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) piece (b) rose (c) sail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) steal (b) write (c) meet
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) see (b) male (c) allowed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) pear (c) weak
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) cell (b) waste (c) allowed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) sale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) knot (b) flower (c) no

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. sell
  3. sea
  4. weak
  5. waste
  6. not
  7. plane
  8. knot
  9. tow
  10. dear
  11. flew
  12. sun
  13. here
  14. their
  15. rows
  16. peace
  17. sun
  18. flower
  19. brake
  20. eight
  21. toe
  22. waist
  23. cell
  24. knight
  25. see
  26. flour
  27. by
  28. meet
  29. aloud
  30. son
  31. waste
  32. bury
  33. rose
  34. write
  35. male
  36. see
  37. allowed
  38. sale
  39. pear
  40. no

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