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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 140 · 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) right (b) male (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) blew (b) peace (c) buy
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flower (b) allowed (c) peace
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) passed (b) male (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) steal (c) missed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) toe (b) sell (c) passed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) maid (b) here (c) flower
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) toe (b) made (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) male (b) son (c) waste
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) tow (c) see
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) week (c) sea
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) no (c) groan
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) plain (b) eight (c) flew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rows (b) waist (c) son
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) hole (c) blue
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) past (b) bury (c) write
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sell (b) tail (c) hear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) past
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sale (b) ate (c) past
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) sea
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) cell (b) new (c) meat
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flu (b) wait (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) rows
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) know (b) see (c) ate
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) knot (c) son
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) there (b) toe (c) see
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) wait
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) write (b) waste (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) son (b) their (c) deer
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tale (b) blew (c) heal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sail (b) there (c) waste
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) missed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) week (b) toe (c) made
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sea (b) sun (c) berry
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) right
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) deer (b) see (c) pair
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) tow (c) steal
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) wait (c) allowed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) bear (b) sell (c) week

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. peace
  3. allowed
  4. knight
  5. by
  6. passed
  7. here
  8. pair
  9. waste
  10. made
  11. know
  12. plane
  13. flew
  14. waist
  15. new
  16. write
  17. tail
  18. meat
  19. past
  20. maid
  21. new
  22. maid
  23. piece
  24. flower
  25. ate
  26. knight
  27. toe
  28. wait
  29. sun
  30. deer
  31. blew
  32. there
  33. missed
  34. made
  35. sun
  36. sea
  37. see
  38. right
  39. write
  40. week

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