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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 893 · 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 “one”? (a) son (b) won (c) no
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) bury (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) wait (b) bare (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) berry (b) sun (c) flu
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) blew (b) wait (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) berry
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) tail (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) steal (c) passed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) knight (b) bury (c) heel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) right (c) their
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) son (b) new (c) toe
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) dear (c) sun
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) knew (b) by (c) mail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) wait (b) berry (c) here
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) waist (c) whole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) hole (b) pear (c) ate
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) by (b) their (c) blew
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) brake (b) allowed (c) knew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) one (b) heal (c) made
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) cell (b) passed (c) pair
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) no (b) bear (c) tail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) steel (c) blew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) cell (b) rose (c) flower
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) right (b) mist (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) by
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) deer (b) sea (c) bare
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) no (b) week (c) their
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) maid (b) heel (c) plain
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) rows (c) week
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) sea (b) passed (c) cell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) tail (c) heal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) meet (b) weight (c) passed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) toe
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) buy (b) one (c) male
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) brake (b) weak (c) right
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) write (c) waste
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) by (b) see (c) knot

Answer key

  1. won
  2. sell
  3. flower
  4. steal
  5. flu
  6. wait
  7. bare
  8. bare
  9. rode
  10. tale
  11. heel
  12. missed
  13. ate
  14. toe
  15. night
  16. mail
  17. here
  18. write
  19. pear
  20. blew
  21. allowed
  22. heal
  23. pair
  24. bear
  25. piece
  26. rose
  27. mist
  28. by
  29. sea
  30. their
  31. plain
  32. sun
  33. cell
  34. flour
  35. passed
  36. flour
  37. male
  38. weak
  39. bear
  40. see

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