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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 899 · 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 “grown”? (a) write (b) peace (c) groan
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) steel (b) cell (c) new
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) toe (b) buy (c) tale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) son
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) pear (c) meat
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) bear (b) meet (c) rows
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) peace (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) groan (b) mail (c) sell
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) plain
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) missed (b) bury (c) male
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) waste (b) heel (c) bare
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) hole (c) bare
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flour (b) right (c) cell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) there (b) weight (c) ate
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) road (c) flu
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) blue (c) knew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) plane (b) rose (c) week
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) know (b) steel (c) heal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sun (c) ate
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) week (b) knew (c) heal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) toe (b) new (c) buy
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) son (b) berry (c) piece
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) passed (b) heel (c) weight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) steal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) new (b) piece (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) toe (c) no
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sale (b) sun (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) sell (b) missed (c) pair
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) plain (b) know (c) there
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) right (b) male (c) no
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) brake (c) made
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) son (b) ate (c) bury
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) not (c) bear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) ate (b) new (c) meat
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) know (b) knot (c) heal
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) their (b) tail (c) right
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) eight (b) brake (c) waist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flu (b) plane (c) hear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) there (c) hole
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) peace (b) by (c) grown

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. cell
  3. tale
  4. son
  5. know
  6. rows
  7. sun
  8. sell
  9. allowed
  10. male
  11. heel
  12. sea
  13. right
  14. ate
  15. week
  16. weak
  17. rose
  18. heal
  19. piece
  20. heal
  21. buy
  22. berry
  23. heel
  24. steal
  25. piece
  26. rose
  27. flew
  28. missed
  29. know
  30. no
  31. pair
  32. bury
  33. toe
  34. meat
  35. knot
  36. tail
  37. waist
  38. hear
  39. brake
  40. by

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