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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 205 · 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 “meat”? (a) there (b) hole (c) meet
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) heal (b) sun (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) here (b) wait (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) passed (b) sea (c) blew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) plane
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) made (b) bury (c) ate
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) heel (b) aloud (c) flower
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) past
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) sale (b) no (c) meet
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) bury (b) hear (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) by (c) sell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) waist (b) passed (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) piece
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) groan (b) aloud (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) toe (b) write (c) bear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) there (c) knew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) heal (c) weak
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) berry (b) past (c) see
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tow (b) missed (c) knew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) right (b) sail (c) see
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) heal (b) blue (c) piece
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) write (b) meat (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) peace (c) flew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) deer (b) see (c) flower
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sea (b) dear (c) bare
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) pear (c) their
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) night (b) road (c) mist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) rose (b) brake (c) tale
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) write (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) wait (b) pair (c) know
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) missed (c) sell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rows (b) road (c) see
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) week (c) sun
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) steal (b) weak (c) rose
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) blue (b) night (c) sun
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) steel (b) cell (c) week
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) one (c) break
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) steel (b) mail (c) their
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) weight (b) dear (c) write

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. sun
  3. sail
  4. blew
  5. eight
  6. ate
  7. aloud
  8. cell
  9. no
  10. right
  11. blew
  12. passed
  13. tow
  14. missed
  15. write
  16. waist
  17. hear
  18. past
  19. knew
  20. sail
  21. piece
  22. meat
  23. ate
  24. buy
  25. flower
  26. bare
  27. road
  28. road
  29. brake
  30. groan
  31. know
  32. peace
  33. see
  34. buy
  35. weak
  36. night
  37. week
  38. right
  39. mail
  40. dear

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