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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 915 · 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 “tail”? (a) know (b) tale (c) male
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) write (b) sell (c) piece
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sell (b) bare (c) by
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) flu (b) passed (c) brake
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) aloud (b) plain (c) mist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) hear (c) flour
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flour (b) there (c) cell
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) there (b) hear (c) flu
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) pear (c) here
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) write (b) by (c) weak
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) piece (b) male (c) mist
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) made (c) hole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) night (c) week
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) wait (b) hear (c) plain
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) flew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) tail (b) male (c) deer
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) tale (b) passed (c) bear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) knew (b) sell (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) see (c) bare
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) bear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flew (b) steal (c) flour
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) grown (b) whole (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) past (b) break (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) hole (b) flew (c) their
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) blue (b) tail (c) toe
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) dear (c) week
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) write (b) know (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) weak (b) one (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) grown (c) deer
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) missed (b) bury (c) weight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) sale
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) rose (b) flew (c) mail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) pear (c) rose
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) passed (b) rose (c) by
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) tow (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) male (c) sale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) aloud (b) waist (c) steal
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) son (b) piece (c) flew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) brake (b) eight (c) there
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) mail (b) piece (c) meet

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. sell
  3. bare
  4. brake
  5. plain
  6. tail
  7. cell
  8. flu
  9. maid
  10. by
  11. male
  12. past
  13. won
  14. hear
  15. piece
  16. deer
  17. passed
  18. weak
  19. sail
  20. bear
  21. flour
  22. whole
  23. break
  24. flew
  25. toe
  26. waste
  27. know
  28. see
  29. flower
  30. bury
  31. knight
  32. flew
  33. peace
  34. rose
  35. waist
  36. their
  37. waist
  38. piece
  39. eight
  40. meet

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