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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 87 · 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 “rose”? (a) new (b) tail (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) grown (c) their
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) flu (b) write (c) road
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) buy (b) sun (c) meet
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) right (c) weight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) plane (c) bear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) sell (c) missed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) flower (b) night (c) week
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) write (c) knew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) weight (b) not (c) sail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) meat (b) bear (c) grown
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) brake (b) eight (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) past (c) cell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) here (b) ate (c) week
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) new (b) tow (c) waste
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) heel (c) break
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) bare
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) tail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) write (b) bury (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) heel (c) pair
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) piece (b) cell (c) break
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) deer (b) know (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flower (b) sell (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) their (b) hole (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) their (b) flour (c) blew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) piece (b) cell (c) heal
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) weight (b) mail (c) whole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) wait (b) by (c) flu
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) here (b) mail (c) bury
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) missed (b) plain (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) eight (b) grown (c) male
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) weight (b) blue (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) flour (b) sea (c) mist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) waist (b) tail (c) brake
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) not (b) heel (c) road
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) weight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) dear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) mail (c) blew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) wait (c) maid

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. cell
  3. blew
  4. road
  5. meet
  6. sea
  7. write
  8. night
  9. week
  10. dear
  11. sail
  12. bear
  13. eight
  14. meat
  15. ate
  16. tow
  17. knot
  18. buy
  19. sail
  20. flu
  21. brake
  22. break
  23. flower
  24. knight
  25. hole
  26. blew
  27. heal
  28. whole
  29. by
  30. mail
  31. allowed
  32. male
  33. blue
  34. mist
  35. tail
  36. heel
  37. weight
  38. dear
  39. here
  40. sale

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