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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 189 · 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 “made”? (a) maid (b) buy (c) bare
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) tail (c) flew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) dear (b) knot (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) bear (c) road
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) rode (b) cell (c) toe
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) tail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) groan (b) flower (c) bare
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) bear (b) waist (c) knot
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) mist (b) pair (c) eight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) heel (b) won (c) flew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) weight (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) brake (b) plain (c) bury
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) one (b) mist (c) brake
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) bury
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) here (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sell (b) eight (c) blue
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) missed (b) new (c) past
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) there (b) night (c) heal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) meat (b) passed (c) weak
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) past (b) eight (c) meat
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) pair (b) heel (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) flour (b) there (c) passed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) road (b) heal (c) flu
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) blew (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) write (b) whole (c) see
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) plane (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) weak (b) won (c) knight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) steel (c) tail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) sea (b) berry (c) rode
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) meet (b) plane (c) see
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) berry (b) see (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) tow
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) flower
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flour (b) ate (c) meet
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) aloud (b) rose (c) missed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) write (b) tail (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) wait (b) night (c) no
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) plane (b) brake (c) no
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) not (c) grown
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) knot (c) new

Answer key

  1. maid
  2. steel
  3. maid
  4. steal
  5. toe
  6. meet
  7. bare
  8. waist
  9. pair
  10. flew
  11. tale
  12. bury
  13. brake
  14. buy
  15. waste
  16. eight
  17. past
  18. heal
  19. passed
  20. meat
  21. heel
  22. passed
  23. flu
  24. aloud
  25. whole
  26. hear
  27. knight
  28. plain
  29. rode
  30. see
  31. their
  32. knight
  33. bury
  34. ate
  35. missed
  36. tail
  37. no
  38. no
  39. flour
  40. know

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