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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 900 · 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 “new”? (a) knew (b) dear (c) allowed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) write (b) past (c) flower
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) week (c) eight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) made (c) right
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) see (b) road (c) meat
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) steal (b) new (c) heel
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) meat (b) groan (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) break (c) maid
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) aloud
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) knot (b) steel (c) no
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) write (b) deer (c) berry
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) by (b) their (c) groan
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) peace (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) piece (b) sale (c) buy
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) allowed (b) their (c) sun
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) piece (b) meat (c) not
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) won (b) allowed (c) rose
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) aloud
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) knew (b) whole (c) toe
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) weight (b) plain (c) deer
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) grown (b) by (c) wait
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) rows (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) son
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) whole (b) flew (c) aloud
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) heel (b) mist (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) see (c) bury
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) waist (b) blue (c) flower
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) piece (b) tale (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) won (b) knight (c) flew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) grown (b) heel (c) no
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) waste (c) one
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flu (b) maid (c) new
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) see (b) plain (c) break
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flew (b) right (c) weak
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sea (b) past (c) ate
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) tail (b) know (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) waste (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flew (b) hole (c) flower
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) steel (b) sea (c) heal

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. past
  3. whole
  4. meat
  5. road
  6. heel
  7. groan
  8. sell
  9. aloud
  10. no
  11. deer
  12. groan
  13. male
  14. sale
  15. their
  16. meat
  17. allowed
  18. won
  19. toe
  20. deer
  21. by
  22. cell
  23. flour
  24. flew
  25. mist
  26. waste
  27. flower
  28. maid
  29. flew
  30. heel
  31. sell
  32. new
  33. plain
  34. right
  35. past
  36. allowed
  37. buy
  38. hole
  39. write
  40. sea

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