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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 141 · 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 “steel”? (a) steal (b) maid (c) knot
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) bear (b) heel (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) sell (c) berry
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) won (b) flour (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) not (b) by (c) flu
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) there (b) peace (c) berry
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) see (c) plane
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bear (b) dear (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) hear (b) write (c) buy
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knot (b) knew (c) grown
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) here (b) won (c) piece
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) heal (b) hole (c) sea
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) knot
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sail (b) toe (c) piece
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) flour
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) ate (b) there (c) tow
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) waste (c) eight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) rode (b) knight (c) sea
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) steel (c) pair
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) waste (b) heel (c) hole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) meat (b) son (c) by
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) sun (b) meet (c) see
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) their (b) dear (c) weak
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) pear (c) by
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) maid (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knight (b) bear (c) new
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sell (b) here (c) bare
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) bare (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) won (b) ate (c) grown
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) male (b) ate (c) blew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) won (b) sea (c) sail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) maid (c) meet
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) no (b) peace (c) brake
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) tale (b) buy (c) heel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) knot
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) sail (b) son (c) toe
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) made (b) knew (c) passed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) weight (c) blue
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) past (c) won
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) knew

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. heel
  3. waist
  4. aloud
  5. by
  6. berry
  7. here
  8. dear
  9. write
  10. knew
  11. piece
  12. sea
  13. knot
  14. toe
  15. knew
  16. tow
  17. flour
  18. knight
  19. male
  20. hole
  21. by
  22. see
  23. weak
  24. son
  25. ate
  26. bear
  27. bare
  28. bury
  29. grown
  30. blew
  31. sail
  32. not
  33. brake
  34. heel
  35. pear
  36. son
  37. passed
  38. passed
  39. tale
  40. flower

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