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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 162 · 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 “meet”? (a) night (b) meat (c) hear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) week (b) flower (c) peace
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) whole (b) son (c) meat
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sale (b) flour (c) pear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sell (b) blue (c) meet
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) sun (b) allowed (c) write
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) by (b) road (c) missed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sun (b) hole (c) one
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) hear (b) brake (c) week
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) their (b) weak (c) peace
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) pair (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) see (b) knot (c) by
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knot (b) one (c) by
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) plane (b) past (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) night (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knot (b) knight (c) steel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) weight (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) flu
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) rose (c) won
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) peace (b) dear (c) sail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sale (b) waste (c) tale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) maid (b) son (c) buy
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) past (c) bare
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) toe (b) bury (c) made
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) peace (b) sail (c) sell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) there
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) bear (c) deer
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) here (b) buy (c) flour
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) week
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) whole (b) flower (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) waist (b) bury (c) knot
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sail (b) waist (c) piece
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) steal (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) past (b) dear (c) sail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) see (b) right (c) weak
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) meat (b) tow (c) ate
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) won (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) blue (c) wait
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) pair (b) here (c) past

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. peace
  3. son
  4. pear
  5. meet
  6. write
  7. road
  8. one
  9. brake
  10. weak
  11. missed
  12. knot
  13. by
  14. sea
  15. male
  16. steel
  17. no
  18. sea
  19. hear
  20. dear
  21. tale
  22. buy
  23. knight
  24. made
  25. sell
  26. blue
  27. waste
  28. buy
  29. sun
  30. flower
  31. bury
  32. piece
  33. sail
  34. sail
  35. new
  36. right
  37. tow
  38. mail
  39. mist
  40. past

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