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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 179 · 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 “tail”? (a) tale (b) their (c) night
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tow (b) knight (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) deer (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) blew (b) hole (c) ate
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flew (b) made (c) knew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) ate (b) their (c) made
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) hear (b) see (c) brake
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) pear (c) won
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) write (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) blue (b) made (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) hear (b) blue (c) not
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) flower (b) steel (c) allowed
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) knight (b) heal (c) break
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) steel (b) whole (c) mist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sea (b) rows (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) week
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tow (b) meet (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) peace (b) deer (c) buy
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) made (b) heal (c) mail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) plane (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) missed (b) piece (c) rode
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) toe
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) right (b) blue (c) steal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) one (c) here
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) night (b) meat (c) no
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) knight (b) waist (c) deer
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) bury (c) peace
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) waist (b) hole (c) hear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) flower (c) eight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) made (b) not (c) sail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) one (b) male (c) heel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) know
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) blue (b) here (c) meet
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) sell (c) break
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) plain (b) hear (c) rows
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) pair (b) ate (c) brake
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sun (b) peace (c) meat
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) tow (c) week
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) hear (b) allowed (c) ate
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flower (b) night (c) blew

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. here
  3. flour
  4. ate
  5. knew
  6. their
  7. brake
  8. weak
  9. flower
  10. eight
  11. blue
  12. steel
  13. break
  14. mist
  15. sale
  16. pair
  17. blew
  18. buy
  19. heal
  20. see
  21. rode
  22. toe
  23. blue
  24. there
  25. meat
  26. deer
  27. tail
  28. hole
  29. whole
  30. sail
  31. heel
  32. know
  33. meet
  34. heal
  35. rows
  36. brake
  37. peace
  38. passed
  39. ate
  40. blew

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