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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 167 · 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 “write”? (a) flower (b) right (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) there (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) night (c) rose
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) mail (b) dear (c) bare
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) aloud (b) pair (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) no
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) made (c) tow
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) flew (c) flour
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) heel (c) waste
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) heal (c) sell
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) waste (b) road (c) sea
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) by (b) new (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) brake (b) made (c) whole
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) dear (b) knight (c) tail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) their
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) plane (b) son (c) here
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) steel (b) made (c) mail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) meat (c) knot
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) buy (c) night
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) tow (b) buy (c) male
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) one (b) blew (c) toe
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) pair (b) bare (c) flour
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) son (b) flew (c) eight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) steal (b) heel (c) knot
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) hole (b) break (c) heal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) weak (b) knew (c) night
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) dear (c) male
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) one (b) tale (c) dear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) tail (b) steel (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) groan (c) eight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) heel (b) passed (c) meat
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) pear (c) bare
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) son (b) whole (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) write
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) break (b) sun (c) plane
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) night (b) blew (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) by (c) eight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) made (c) sun
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) night
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) road (c) sail

Answer key

  1. right
  2. steel
  3. break
  4. bare
  5. toe
  6. no
  7. hear
  8. peace
  9. not
  10. flower
  11. road
  12. new
  13. whole
  14. tail
  15. their
  16. son
  17. made
  18. bury
  19. mail
  20. buy
  21. blew
  22. flour
  23. flew
  24. heel
  25. heal
  26. knew
  27. hole
  28. dear
  29. steel
  30. mist
  31. passed
  32. know
  33. their
  34. write
  35. sun
  36. allowed
  37. not
  38. bury
  39. night
  40. sea

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