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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 787 · 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) sell (b) aloud (c) eight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) hear (b) not (c) won
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) weight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) deer (c) aloud
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) dear (b) flower (c) sale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) peace (c) break
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) grown (c) son
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) ate (c) steel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) right (b) break (c) rows
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) sale (c) flu
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) passed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sell (b) won (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) grown (b) knot (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) here (b) heel (c) one
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) mist (b) sail (c) flower
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) there (b) dear (c) waste
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) no (b) waste (c) flew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) plane (c) past
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) pear (b) weak (c) maid
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) rows (b) flour (c) sell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) one (b) right (c) maid
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) sale (b) ate (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) dear (b) not (c) their
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) pair (b) peace (c) knew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) piece (b) waist (c) son
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) sale (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) steal (b) blue (c) week
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) steal (c) flu
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) flew (c) right
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) right (c) bear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) passed (c) wait
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) allowed (b) waist (c) blew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) here (b) whole (c) right
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) sea (c) there
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) whole (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) whole (c) eight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) not (b) rows (c) there
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) flu (b) maid (c) tow
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) meet

Answer key

  1. aloud
  2. not
  3. weight
  4. meat
  5. sale
  6. sell
  7. steel
  8. whole
  9. rows
  10. flour
  11. passed
  12. sun
  13. knot
  14. heel
  15. flower
  16. waste
  17. flew
  18. bare
  19. maid
  20. flour
  21. maid
  22. ate
  23. their
  24. peace
  25. waist
  26. sell
  27. week
  28. flu
  29. buy
  30. sun
  31. steal
  32. blew
  33. right
  34. rose
  35. brake
  36. see
  37. tail
  38. there
  39. tow
  40. plain

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