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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 802 · 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) weak (b) sell (c) piece
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) blue (b) bear (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) peace (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) sea (c) right
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) past (b) flour (c) there
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) heel (b) aloud (c) wait
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) there (b) mail (c) weak
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) hear (b) heel (c) knot
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) meat (b) peace (c) bear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) not (b) sea (c) their
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sail (c) bury
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) hole (c) weight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) made
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sun (b) past (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) sea (c) dear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) their (b) see (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) deer (b) son (c) grown
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) their
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) by
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) wait (b) one (c) sell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) flew (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) knight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) toe (c) meat
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blue (b) hear (c) bury
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) waist (b) hear (c) tow
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) one (b) steal (c) flu
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) knew (c) steel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) pear (b) tow (c) new
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) write (b) plain (c) cell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) sun (c) road
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) see (b) road (c) whole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) wait (b) flew (c) bury
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) write
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) not (b) heal (c) weight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) right (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) bear (b) meat (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) right (b) maid (c) son
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) deer (b) rose (c) new
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) son (c) flower

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. bear
  3. meat
  4. brake
  5. flour
  6. aloud
  7. mail
  8. knot
  9. peace
  10. their
  11. allowed
  12. rows
  13. made
  14. past
  15. missed
  16. see
  17. grown
  18. hole
  19. tow
  20. one
  21. by
  22. peace
  23. wait
  24. bury
  25. hear
  26. steal
  27. meet
  28. tow
  29. cell
  30. sail
  31. whole
  32. bury
  33. write
  34. heal
  35. sun
  36. meat
  37. son
  38. flower
  39. new
  40. know

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