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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 236 · 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 “mail”? (a) break (b) eight (c) male
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) hole (b) pear (c) no
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) weight (c) missed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) one (b) sail (c) hole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) passed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) passed (c) piece
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) plain (b) new (c) road
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) steal (b) rode (c) piece
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) buy (b) waste (c) cell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) flour (b) blue (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) right (b) know (c) berry
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) see (c) berry
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) made (c) tow
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) pair (b) heel (c) break
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) son (b) peace (c) flour
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rose (b) write (c) son
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) bear (b) maid (c) wait
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) bear (c) no
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) bear (b) break (c) hear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) their (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) grown (b) dear (c) allowed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) eight (b) heal (c) meet
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) grown (c) missed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sell (b) know (c) tale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) night (b) sea (c) mail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) grown
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) sell (b) rode (c) rose
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) flew (b) night (c) won
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) mist (c) pair
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) break (b) sale (c) sea
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) plane (b) ate (c) piece
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) allowed (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) pear (c) wait
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) plain (b) past (c) heel
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sale (b) pair (c) flower
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) passed (c) pair
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) plain (b) weight (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flu (b) groan (c) sun
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) meet (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. male
  2. no
  3. steel
  4. hole
  5. passed
  6. eight
  7. new
  8. piece
  9. cell
  10. right
  11. berry
  12. one
  13. rows
  14. heel
  15. flour
  16. son
  17. wait
  18. flour
  19. break
  20. ate
  21. dear
  22. meet
  23. eight
  24. know
  25. bury
  26. sea
  27. grown
  28. rode
  29. won
  30. waste
  31. sea
  32. piece
  33. sell
  34. ate
  35. past
  36. pair
  37. knew
  38. weight
  39. groan
  40. sail

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