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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. steal
  3. eight
  4. passed
  5. heal
  6. rode
  7. know
  8. tale
  9. whole
  10. tail
  11. steal
  12. son
  13. rode
  14. waste
  15. hole
  16. sail
  17. steel
  18. tow
  19. meat
  20. won
  21. no
  22. road
  23. blew
  24. one
  25. flu
  26. blue
  27. bear
  28. flower
  29. tow
  30. sell
  31. sun
  32. write
  33. sail
  34. groan
  35. peace
  36. waist
  37. grown
  38. groan
  39. weak
  40. meet

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