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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 222 · 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 “sea”? (a) piece (b) write (c) see
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) their (b) meat (c) waist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) blue (b) see (c) brake
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) groan (b) sail (c) peace
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) groan (b) waist (c) hole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) flour (b) by (c) sail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) here (c) steal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) whole (b) flew (c) maid
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sail (b) bare (c) steel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) pair (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) here (b) allowed (c) maid
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) night (b) meet (c) wait
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sail (b) waist (c) know
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mist (b) allowed (c) wait
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) flew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) meat (b) tail (c) aloud
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) maid (c) bury
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) plain (b) missed (c) cell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sun (b) there (c) sea
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) whole (b) one (c) heel
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tale (b) steal (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) pair (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) week (b) heal (c) there
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) plain (b) cell (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) plain (b) sale (c) here
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) piece (b) bury (c) week
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) rows (b) weak (c) know
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) their (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) male (b) their (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) cell (b) grown (c) deer
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sun (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) meat (b) hole (c) tale
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) waste (c) sea
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) flew (b) plain (c) wait
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) grown (b) knot (c) sea
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) here (b) brake (c) sun
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) break
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) by (b) sun (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) made (b) one (c) blue
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) see (b) blew (c) toe

Answer key

  1. see
  2. waist
  3. brake
  4. peace
  5. hole
  6. sail
  7. won
  8. flew
  9. steel
  10. deer
  11. maid
  12. meet
  13. know
  14. wait
  15. flew
  16. tail
  17. rows
  18. cell
  19. sea
  20. one
  21. steal
  22. sail
  23. heal
  24. weight
  25. here
  26. bury
  27. know
  28. heel
  29. their
  30. grown
  31. allowed
  32. tale
  33. past
  34. wait
  35. knot
  36. sun
  37. break
  38. sun
  39. one
  40. blew

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