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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 825 · 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 “meat”? (a) know (b) pair (c) meet
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) heel (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) past (c) road
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) plain (c) knot
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) knight (b) steal (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) plane (c) by
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) toe (c) pear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) weak (b) waist (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) road (b) rows (c) maid
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) piece (b) heal (c) break
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) weak (b) ate (c) one
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) mail (b) bare (c) heal
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) dear (c) flew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) sail (c) plain
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) hear (b) dear (c) weak
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) sale (b) son (c) write
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) flour (b) plane (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) rows (b) won (c) there
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) piece (c) past
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) wait (b) hole (c) flu
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) groan (b) week (c) tail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) piece (b) sun (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) tale (c) write
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) past (b) buy (c) eight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) tail (b) there (c) flour
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) hear (b) sail (c) allowed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) break (b) peace (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) night (b) groan (c) meet
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) deer (c) sun
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) missed (b) pear (c) rows
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sun (b) knew (c) sail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tail (b) there (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) blue (c) flew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) eight (b) no (c) rose
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) flour (b) pear (c) sea
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) rose (b) flower (c) night
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) mist (b) meat (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) plain (b) ate (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) sale (c) toe
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) their

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. allowed
  3. sale
  4. heel
  5. steal
  6. one
  7. cell
  8. eight
  9. maid
  10. heal
  11. ate
  12. bare
  13. plain
  14. berry
  15. dear
  16. son
  17. plane
  18. won
  19. pear
  20. flu
  21. week
  22. sun
  23. not
  24. buy
  25. flour
  26. sail
  27. cell
  28. groan
  29. bury
  30. pear
  31. knew
  32. there
  33. here
  34. no
  35. sea
  36. night
  37. meat
  38. by
  39. groan
  40. their

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