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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 203 · 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 “meet”? (a) sun (b) steal (c) meat
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) cell (b) break (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) eight (c) sea
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) pair (b) their (c) buy
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) knew (b) sun (c) one
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) rows (b) buy (c) tail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) passed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) male (b) flour (c) grown
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) heel (b) pair (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sea (b) maid (c) not
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) hear (b) there (c) flower
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) pear (b) peace (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) waste (b) deer (c) night
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) right (c) waist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) weak (c) plane
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) no
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) hear (b) steel (c) heel
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) bare (b) see (c) rows
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) night (b) won (c) not
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) piece (b) rode (c) flour
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) new (b) buy (c) know
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) new (b) tail (c) mist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) steel (c) pair
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) night (b) rows (c) steal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) deer (b) heel (c) piece
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) plane (b) tale (c) waste
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) maid (b) one (c) brake
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) new (b) here (c) ate
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) knight (b) no (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flew (b) heal (c) allowed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) dear (b) meet (c) pair
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) break (b) piece (c) flour
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) sun (c) weak
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) passed (c) deer
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) tow (c) no
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) waste (b) plain (c) ate
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sale (b) write (c) deer
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) past (b) hole (c) missed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) here (b) missed (c) aloud
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) piece (b) break (c) sale

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. made
  3. sell
  4. their
  5. one
  6. tail
  7. whole
  8. grown
  9. new
  10. maid
  11. there
  12. weight
  13. night
  14. steel
  15. groan
  16. bury
  17. heel
  18. rows
  19. won
  20. flour
  21. buy
  22. mist
  23. blew
  24. steal
  25. piece
  26. waste
  27. one
  28. here
  29. no
  30. allowed
  31. pair
  32. piece
  33. sail
  34. plane
  35. here
  36. ate
  37. write
  38. hole
  39. aloud
  40. sale

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