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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 144 · 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 “hole”? (a) whole (b) tale (c) one
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) no (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sale (b) tow (c) bury
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) tail (b) one (c) heal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) male (b) night (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) tale (b) steel (c) knot
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) bear (c) night
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) groan (b) flu (c) flour
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) break (b) there (c) sail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) mail (b) flour (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) flour (c) tale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) heal (b) berry (c) groan
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) waste (b) piece (c) plane
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) waist (b) missed (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) past (b) knot (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) write (b) deer (c) sale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) blue (b) won (c) missed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) right (b) whole (c) deer
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) here (b) pear (c) ate
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) rode (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) son (b) berry (c) there
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) one (b) male (c) bear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) son
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) steal (b) there (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) see (b) passed (c) made
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) their (b) missed (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) allowed (b) knight (c) sail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) no
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sun (b) plane (c) meet
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) there (b) one (c) cell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) flower (c) sail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) rode (c) won
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) rode (c) son
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) buy (c) no
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blew (b) one (c) rode
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) mist (b) here (c) sun
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) one (b) hear (c) week
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sell (b) peace (c) grown
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) peace (b) won (c) tale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) right (b) plain (c) dear

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. tale
  3. tow
  4. heal
  5. night
  6. steel
  7. break
  8. flu
  9. sail
  10. flour
  11. weak
  12. groan
  13. plane
  14. heel
  15. sale
  16. deer
  17. won
  18. whole
  19. ate
  20. tail
  21. there
  22. bear
  23. son
  24. knight
  25. passed
  26. know
  27. sail
  28. blew
  29. meet
  30. one
  31. steal
  32. week
  33. berry
  34. maid
  35. rode
  36. here
  37. week
  38. grown
  39. won
  40. dear

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