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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 177 · 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 “road”? (a) tale (b) plane (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) won (c) allowed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) here (c) their
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) bear (b) here (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) son (c) flour
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) piece (b) meat (c) sea
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) no (b) knight (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) there
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) break (b) know (c) allowed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) weight (c) blew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) flour (b) eight (c) made
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) knight (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) won (b) dear (c) pair
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) piece
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) break (c) heel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) sail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) know (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) passed (b) berry (c) knot
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) know (b) flew (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) buy (b) new (c) berry
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) weak (b) ate (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) eight (b) brake (c) tale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) toe (b) piece (c) blew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) steel (b) knot (c) past
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) pear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) made (c) weak
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) by (c) wait
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) weight (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) tail (c) knot
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) mist (b) blew (c) tow
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) grown (c) there
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flour (b) male (c) bear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) grown (b) night (c) waste
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) mail (c) son
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) tale (b) berry (c) knight
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) sun (b) steel (c) break
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) write (b) son (c) won
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) weak (c) no
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) pair (c) break
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) pair (b) tail (c) sea

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. eight
  3. steel
  4. here
  5. heal
  6. sea
  7. sun
  8. there
  9. allowed
  10. peace
  11. made
  12. hole
  13. pair
  14. meet
  15. dear
  16. sail
  17. flu
  18. knot
  19. flew
  20. berry
  21. meet
  22. tale
  23. blew
  24. past
  25. steal
  26. waste
  27. flu
  28. write
  29. week
  30. tow
  31. mail
  32. bear
  33. waste
  34. write
  35. berry
  36. break
  37. won
  38. one
  39. hear
  40. tail

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