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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 188 · 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 “toe”? (a) waste (b) tow (c) knew
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) flew (b) waist (c) won
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) groan (b) eight (c) no
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) tail (c) new
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) plain (b) meat (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) dear (b) weak (c) missed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) bear (b) whole (c) rows
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) whole (c) wait
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) toe (b) sea (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) knot (b) eight (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) waist (b) sale (c) pear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) steel (b) night (c) sail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) past (b) write (c) heel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sun (b) one (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) sun (b) see (c) male
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) knight (b) heal (c) plain
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) one (c) flower
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) blue (b) week (c) pair
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) pear (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) sea (c) allowed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) toe (c) road
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) plane (b) maid (c) son
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) toe
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) mist (b) buy (c) tale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) night (b) bear (c) tow
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) one (c) eight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) steal (b) blew (c) wait
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) ate (c) road
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) flower (c) waste
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) piece (b) aloud (c) waste
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) son
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) meet (b) blew (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) knew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) won (c) bury
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) one (c) week
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) berry (b) write (c) rows
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) bear (c) write
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) knew (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) eight (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) their (c) tail

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. won
  3. no
  4. meat
  5. see
  6. weak
  7. rows
  8. meet
  9. sea
  10. steal
  11. pear
  12. sail
  13. heel
  14. one
  15. male
  16. plain
  17. peace
  18. pair
  19. rose
  20. heal
  21. groan
  22. son
  23. toe
  24. tale
  25. bear
  26. deer
  27. wait
  28. steel
  29. missed
  30. waste
  31. rode
  32. blew
  33. brake
  34. knew
  35. heal
  36. write
  37. plane
  38. flu
  39. here
  40. break

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