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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 93 · 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 “plane”? (a) dear (b) plain (c) sea
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) aloud (c) mist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) grown (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) waist (b) peace (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) road (b) right (c) not
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) there (b) tail (c) bury
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) right (c) eight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blue (b) piece (c) rode
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) piece (b) passed (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) road (b) sea (c) sail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) bare (c) groan
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) waist (b) heal (c) deer
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) dear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) maid (b) blue (c) know
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) knew (b) bear (c) wait
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) flour (b) not (c) dear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) made (b) no (c) wait
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) rose (b) flour (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) see
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) flu
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) tale (c) bear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) new (b) plane (c) sea
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) male (b) eight (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) one (b) mail (c) see
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) waste (b) knot (c) road
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) plane (b) by (c) bare
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) brake (b) male (c) blew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) bear (b) cell (c) right
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) plane (c) waist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) brake (c) their
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) new (c) past
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) new (c) steel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) flower (b) no (c) waist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) write (c) week
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) male (b) see (c) meet
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) blue (c) waste
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) hole (b) meat (c) tale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) plain (b) see (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) heel (b) one (c) waste

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. cell
  3. steel
  4. rows
  5. right
  6. bury
  7. grown
  8. rode
  9. knew
  10. blue
  11. sail
  12. knight
  13. deer
  14. dear
  15. know
  16. bear
  17. dear
  18. wait
  19. flour
  20. aloud
  21. flu
  22. allowed
  23. sea
  24. meat
  25. mail
  26. road
  27. bare
  28. blew
  29. cell
  30. plane
  31. made
  32. sun
  33. road
  34. no
  35. sun
  36. meet
  37. weight
  38. meat
  39. see
  40. one

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