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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 224 · 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 “write”? (a) groan (b) sun (c) right
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) groan (b) new (c) won
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) break (b) eight (c) rose
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) son (b) no (c) steal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) aloud (c) piece
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) berry (b) male (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) new (b) no (c) missed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) bear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) tail (b) waste (c) their
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) grown (b) steal (c) flour
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) by (c) break
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) blew (c) road
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) cell (c) blew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) past (b) meet (c) missed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) grown (b) mail (c) rows
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) cell (c) mail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) new (b) pair (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) plain (b) sale (c) steel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) right (c) aloud
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) sail (c) rode
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) road (b) no (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) no (b) sell (c) peace
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) flu
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) flew (b) rose (c) missed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) blew (b) night (c) heel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) meat (c) sun
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) piece (b) their (c) blue
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) waste (c) made
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) son (b) whole (c) male
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) allowed (b) toe (c) son
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) maid (b) groan (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) weak (c) weight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) made (b) berry (c) allowed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) waist (c) one
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) piece (b) tale (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) by (b) sea (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) whole (b) mail (c) sail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) buy (b) meat (c) rows
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) write (b) their (c) wait
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) weight (b) mail (c) sail

Answer key

  1. right
  2. won
  3. rose
  4. steal
  5. here
  6. dear
  7. no
  8. knew
  9. waste
  10. flour
  11. week
  12. weight
  13. plane
  14. meet
  15. mail
  16. rows
  17. pair
  18. steel
  19. week
  20. by
  21. wait
  22. peace
  23. flu
  24. rose
  25. night
  26. tail
  27. their
  28. meet
  29. whole
  30. toe
  31. groan
  32. sun
  33. allowed
  34. blew
  35. tale
  36. son
  37. sail
  38. meat
  39. wait
  40. mail

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