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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 108 · 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 “son”? (a) hole (b) male (c) sun
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tow (b) steal (c) knot
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) new
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) road (b) flour (c) meet
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) write (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) not (b) male (c) buy
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) bury (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) knew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) new (b) one (c) tail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) there (b) missed (c) hear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) meet (b) male (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) mist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) won (b) son (c) sail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) hear (b) pair (c) flew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) waste (b) rose (c) bear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sea (b) here (c) rows
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) maid (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) passed (b) toe (c) no
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) meat (b) brake (c) write
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) made (b) allowed (c) road
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) piece
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sale (b) mail (c) deer
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flour (b) eight (c) hole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) missed (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) mist (c) passed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) right (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hole (b) weight (c) made
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) aloud (b) eight (c) wait
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) by (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) past (b) piece (c) pair
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) right (b) plane (c) sea
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) brake
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) know
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) berry (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) tow (c) son
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) road (b) eight (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) son (c) cell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) one (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) tow (b) bare (c) mail

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. steal
  3. new
  4. meet
  5. dear
  6. piece
  7. buy
  8. toe
  9. deer
  10. one
  11. hear
  12. male
  13. knew
  14. sail
  15. flew
  16. bear
  17. here
  18. waist
  19. no
  20. write
  21. road
  22. waste
  23. mail
  24. eight
  25. night
  26. sea
  27. brake
  28. weight
  29. wait
  30. heel
  31. pair
  32. plane
  33. sea
  34. berry
  35. hear
  36. peace
  37. sell
  38. knight
  39. rows
  40. mail

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