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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 124 · 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 “steal”? (a) steel (b) aloud (c) eight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) night
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) piece (b) right (c) tail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) dear (b) weight (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) road (b) waste (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) berry (b) by (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) road (b) sun (c) male
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) hear (c) peace
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) whole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) write (b) sea (c) rose
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knot (b) mist (c) steel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) knight (b) waist (c) wait
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) heal (b) waste (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) meet (c) wait
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) sun (c) aloud
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) night (b) piece (c) here
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) heel (b) pair (c) berry
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) blue (c) mist
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) knot (b) berry (c) meat
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) maid (b) there (c) rose
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) one (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) tail (b) made (c) allowed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) hear (b) mist (c) toe
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) here (b) know (c) heal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) missed (b) knew (c) won
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) hole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) write (b) road (c) buy
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) weak (b) road (c) knew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sale (b) buy (c) write
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) see (c) piece
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) past (c) deer
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) brake (c) rose
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) break (b) meet (c) steal
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) mist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) waist (b) no (c) blue
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) eight (b) made (c) buy
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) sail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) tail (b) not (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) waist (b) groan (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flu (b) allowed (c) made

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. heal
  3. tail
  4. weight
  5. flower
  6. by
  7. male
  8. plain
  9. whole
  10. sea
  11. steel
  12. wait
  13. right
  14. sun
  15. meet
  16. here
  17. pair
  18. sale
  19. berry
  20. there
  21. brake
  22. made
  23. mist
  24. know
  25. knew
  26. pair
  27. road
  28. road
  29. write
  30. weak
  31. piece
  32. meat
  33. steal
  34. mist
  35. blue
  36. buy
  37. blue
  38. not
  39. write
  40. allowed

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