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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 133 · 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 “steel”? (a) pair (b) bear (c) steal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) steal (b) won (c) hole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) tale (b) hole (c) one
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) not (b) blew (c) brake
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) pear (b) here (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) weight (c) steal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) knight (b) male (c) sell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bear (b) tale (c) flour
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) here (b) by (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) knew (b) hole (c) not
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) blue (b) male (c) brake
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) break (c) mist
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) ate (c) won
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) know (b) mail (c) mist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) tow (b) their (c) sale
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) meet (c) week
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) there
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) break (b) made (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) night (c) aloud
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) night (b) not (c) sail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) rode (b) flu (c) their
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) piece (b) there (c) brake
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) plain (b) here (c) heel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flower (b) their (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) one (b) knight (c) flew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sea (b) flu (c) toe
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) whole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) flew (b) son (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) tail (c) piece
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) not (b) toe (c) cell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) passed (b) rode (c) rose
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) knew (c) past
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) heal (b) bury (c) passed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) meet (b) bury (c) groan
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) son (b) week (c) by
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) new (b) right (c) meet
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) male (b) cell (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) son (c) know
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sun (b) rows (c) rode
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) tail

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. won
  3. hole
  4. blew
  5. here
  6. mist
  7. sell
  8. tale
  9. by
  10. hole
  11. male
  12. night
  13. sea
  14. mail
  15. sale
  16. right
  17. meet
  18. made
  19. sell
  20. sail
  21. their
  22. brake
  23. here
  24. see
  25. knight
  26. flu
  27. whole
  28. son
  29. knot
  30. toe
  31. rose
  32. one
  33. bury
  34. bury
  35. by
  36. meet
  37. buy
  38. deer
  39. rode
  40. tail

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