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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 842 · 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 “heel”? (a) heal (b) write (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) write (b) heel (c) sell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) eight (b) male (c) tale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) toe (b) wait (c) piece
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) road (c) plain
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) plain (c) eight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sell (b) bury (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) blew (b) brake (c) new
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sail (b) bury (c) not
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) wait (b) steal (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) hear (b) tow (c) ate
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) eight (b) meet (c) mist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) road (b) rose (c) knot
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) right (c) grown
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) groan (b) waist (c) there
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) allowed (b) night (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) mail (b) waist (c) flower
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) waist (b) cell (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) flour (c) male
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) tow (b) plane (c) grown
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) mist (c) won
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) knot (b) flew (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) pair (b) dear (c) sale
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) won (b) sun (c) their
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) no (b) knew (c) blue
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) maid (b) rows (c) not
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) hear (b) one (c) bare
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) weak
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) night (b) whole (c) knot
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) allowed (b) flower (c) mail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flew (b) right (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) bare (b) made (c) male
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) mail (b) dear (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) brake (b) plain (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) one (b) groan (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) sale (c) bury
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) break (b) dear (c) sell
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) son (b) blew (c) sell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) waste (b) flu (c) bare

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. heel
  3. tale
  4. piece
  5. see
  6. past
  7. bury
  8. new
  9. not
  10. maid
  11. tow
  12. meet
  13. rose
  14. week
  15. there
  16. one
  17. waist
  18. son
  19. blue
  20. plane
  21. sail
  22. whole
  23. sale
  24. sun
  25. bear
  26. knew
  27. rows
  28. bare
  29. weak
  30. whole
  31. mail
  32. ate
  33. made
  34. past
  35. plain
  36. maid
  37. not
  38. dear
  39. blew
  40. flu

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