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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 884 · 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 “son”? (a) waste (b) new (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) heel (b) break (c) tail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tail (b) see (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) steel (b) sail (c) heel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) pair (c) week
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) their (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) weak
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) tail (b) plain (c) bare
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) flour (b) peace (c) by
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) peace (c) new
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) blue (b) see (c) write
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) flu (b) weak (c) hear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) their (b) peace (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) tail (b) by (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) maid (b) write (c) knight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) new (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) wait (b) whole (c) heal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) pear (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flew (b) passed (c) pear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) pair (b) made (c) male
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) brake (b) peace (c) aloud
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) week (c) missed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) whole (b) waste (c) made
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) pair (b) eight (c) made
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) berry (b) hole (c) past
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) one (c) flew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) new (b) ate (c) heel
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) rode (b) cell (c) tale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) write (c) meat
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) flu (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) not (b) plane (c) new
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) blue (b) new (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) waist (b) road (c) cell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sun (b) no (c) pair
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) no
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) here (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) aloud (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) meet

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. break
  3. here
  4. heel
  5. heel
  6. flu
  7. blue
  8. bare
  9. peace
  10. rows
  11. see
  12. weak
  13. one
  14. flower
  15. knight
  16. eight
  17. heal
  18. sale
  19. pear
  20. aloud
  21. male
  22. aloud
  23. blew
  24. waste
  25. eight
  26. past
  27. sea
  28. ate
  29. cell
  30. weak
  31. maid
  32. new
  33. new
  34. cell
  35. pair
  36. write
  37. groan
  38. no
  39. rows
  40. meet

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