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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 165 · 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 “right”? (a) piece (b) write (c) flu
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) peace (b) sun (c) break
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) whole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) by (b) not (c) flew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) break (b) missed (c) dear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) sail (b) rode (c) steal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) by (b) new (c) road
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) new (b) mist (c) past
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) by (b) steel (c) whole
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) meet (b) no (c) weak
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) peace (b) male (c) flu
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) weak (b) see (c) by
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) cell (b) male (c) bear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) sail (b) waste (c) right
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) meat (c) knew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) meat (b) there (c) flower
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) plain (b) sale (c) night
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) tale (b) won (c) maid
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flour (b) male (c) cell
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) past (c) knot
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) write (b) blew (c) hear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) no (b) brake (c) made
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flew (b) rows (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) bear (b) rows (c) their
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) road (b) waste (c) sale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) passed (b) break (c) whole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) toe (b) sell (c) past
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) night (c) wait
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) not (c) tail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) know (b) see (c) sell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) mail (b) buy (c) won
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) deer (b) tale (c) hear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) there (b) not (c) blew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flew (b) mail (c) knight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) tail (b) flu (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) groan (c) peace
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flower (b) break (c) heal
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) waist (b) male (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) cell (c) weak

Answer key

  1. write
  2. sun
  3. whole
  4. not
  5. dear
  6. steal
  7. road
  8. mist
  9. steel
  10. weak
  11. flu
  12. by
  13. bear
  14. waste
  15. steel
  16. flower
  17. night
  18. maid
  19. cell
  20. ate
  21. hear
  22. made
  23. sea
  24. rows
  25. sale
  26. whole
  27. past
  28. sun
  29. rose
  30. sell
  31. won
  32. tale
  33. blew
  34. knight
  35. son
  36. plain
  37. meet
  38. heal
  39. know
  40. rows

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