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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 856 · 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 “heal”? (a) missed (b) wait (c) heel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) steal (b) grown (c) piece
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) ate (b) cell (c) flour
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) there (c) allowed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) hear (b) won (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) by (b) passed (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) waste (c) flew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) weak (b) here (c) blew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sail (b) flour (c) pear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) pear (c) heel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) peace (b) dear (c) pear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) deer (b) missed (c) knew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) waist (b) won (c) plain
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) son (b) plain (c) passed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) bare (b) passed (c) brake
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) toe (b) here (c) grown
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) wait (b) sale (c) cell
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) heel (b) here (c) sale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) allowed (c) meat
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) toe (c) rows
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) flour (b) deer (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) weak
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) write (c) allowed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) write (c) son
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) bury (b) sea (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) mist (b) bury (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) write (b) allowed (c) dear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) flour (c) piece
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) right (b) maid (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) right (b) flour (c) by
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) sea (c) allowed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) knew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flour (b) knight (c) sale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) hole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) sale (c) night
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) whole (b) week (c) no
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) mist (b) see (c) heal
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) won (c) pair
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) their (c) see

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. piece
  3. cell
  4. buy
  5. sea
  6. wait
  7. there
  8. blew
  9. flour
  10. tail
  11. flower
  12. dear
  13. missed
  14. plain
  15. passed
  16. passed
  17. grown
  18. sale
  19. here
  20. sale
  21. bury
  22. deer
  23. hear
  24. know
  25. night
  26. sea
  27. bury
  28. allowed
  29. whole
  30. flour
  31. by
  32. flu
  33. knew
  34. knight
  35. hole
  36. aloud
  37. no
  38. heal
  39. knight
  40. not

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