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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 925 · 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 “cell”? (a) tow (b) bury (c) sell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) ate (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) knight (b) peace (c) bare
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) bury (b) past (c) toe
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) male (b) meet (c) allowed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) hole (b) week (c) flu
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) flu (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sail (c) whole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sail (b) plain (c) waist
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) pair (b) right (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) waist (c) made
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) sun (b) male (c) allowed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) pair (b) toe (c) road
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) by (b) week (c) new
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) flu (b) one (c) pear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) not (b) know (c) steel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) toe (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) missed (b) sun (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) tail (b) mail (c) sea
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) dear (b) one (c) piece
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) brake (b) hole (c) ate
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) break (b) mist (c) cell
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) ate (b) passed (c) buy
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flour (b) knew (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) plain (c) sail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) male (b) aloud (c) sell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) toe (c) see
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flu (b) right (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) their (b) rode (c) bare
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) pair (b) heel (c) not
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) piece (b) blue (c) meet
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) dear (b) know (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) dear (c) tail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) blew (b) break (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) mist (b) bear (c) made
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) flu (c) road
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) right (c) bury
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sell (b) tail (c) buy
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) rode (b) dear (c) blue
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) write (b) allowed (c) grown

Answer key

  1. sell
  2. blew
  3. bare
  4. past
  5. meet
  6. flu
  7. male
  8. flu
  9. waist
  10. right
  11. there
  12. allowed
  13. road
  14. new
  15. one
  16. steel
  17. sail
  18. deer
  19. sea
  20. piece
  21. ate
  22. cell
  23. passed
  24. knew
  25. grown
  26. aloud
  27. won
  28. their
  29. bare
  30. heel
  31. blue
  32. know
  33. aloud
  34. break
  35. bear
  36. sail
  37. sale
  38. buy
  39. dear
  40. grown

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