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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 232 · 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 “male”? (a) pear (b) plain (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) bare (c) night
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) week (b) mail (c) no
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) wait (b) break (c) new
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) tail (b) knot (c) by
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) no (c) one
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) week (c) know
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) by (c) blue
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) bare (c) their
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) here (b) know (c) write
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) no (b) sea (c) weight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) hear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) brake (b) wait (c) dear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) flour (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) bear (b) heal (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) tale (b) berry (c) road
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) meet (b) passed (c) deer
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sell (b) night (c) see
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) dear (b) wait (c) rose
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) hole (b) piece (c) mail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knew (b) tale (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) by (b) whole (c) plain
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) toe (b) rose (c) steal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) mail (b) buy (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) past (b) bear (c) right
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) one (b) eight (c) past
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flower (b) tow (c) missed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) not (b) no (c) peace
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) not (b) tow (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) brake (b) week (c) bare
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) rode
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) made (b) rose (c) tail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) week (b) meat (c) no
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) not (b) bear (c) their
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) break (b) plane (c) steal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) heel (c) weight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) steal (c) no
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flour (b) flew (c) peace
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) meet (c) by
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) pair (b) knight (c) flu

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. pear
  3. no
  4. break
  5. knot
  6. right
  7. hole
  8. their
  9. mist
  10. know
  11. weight
  12. hear
  13. dear
  14. not
  15. heal
  16. road
  17. passed
  18. night
  19. rose
  20. piece
  21. meet
  22. plain
  23. steal
  24. buy
  25. right
  26. eight
  27. tow
  28. peace
  29. tow
  30. week
  31. sail
  32. tail
  33. meat
  34. bear
  35. steal
  36. whole
  37. knot
  38. flew
  39. steel
  40. knight

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