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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 201 · 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 “meet”? (a) made (b) blue (c) meat
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) mail (b) steal (c) peace
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) piece (b) not (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) tail (b) blew (c) weight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) right (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) meat (b) here (c) knot
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) blew (b) toe (c) see
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) new (b) dear (c) peace
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) meat (b) berry (c) hole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) peace (b) know (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) tail (c) mail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) one (b) groan (c) road
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) meat (b) groan (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) tale (c) road
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) by (b) flew (c) meet
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) plane (b) no (c) sell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) maid (b) hole (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) break (b) allowed (c) bear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) passed (b) tail (c) knot
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) knot (c) know
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) road (b) groan (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) bare (b) weight (c) there
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) one (c) buy
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) missed (b) heel (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) passed (c) not
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) wait
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) heal (b) right (c) deer
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) buy (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) blue (b) write (c) dear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) hole (b) waist (c) break
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) groan (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) maid (b) steel (c) brake
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) bear (b) flew (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) flew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) whole (c) bury
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) their
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) groan (b) rode (c) see
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meet (b) write (c) male

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. peace
  3. right
  4. blew
  5. sea
  6. knot
  7. see
  8. peace
  9. berry
  10. know
  11. whole
  12. road
  13. by
  14. sail
  15. meet
  16. no
  17. blew
  18. allowed
  19. tail
  20. eight
  21. groan
  22. weight
  23. steal
  24. heel
  25. weak
  26. wait
  27. deer
  28. flour
  29. dear
  30. break
  31. write
  32. brake
  33. new
  34. flew
  35. ate
  36. won
  37. their
  38. bear
  39. see
  40. male

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