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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 257 · 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) flew (b) see (c) week
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) dear (b) missed (c) weight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sun (b) bury (c) rows
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knot (b) peace (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mist (b) sail (c) mail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sea (b) weak (c) piece
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) eight (c) berry
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) piece (b) groan (c) buy
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) bear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) rode (c) night
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) flower (b) steel (c) past
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) right (b) sail (c) heel
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) not (b) their (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) hole (b) wait (c) dear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) here (b) won (c) heel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flour (b) knight (c) deer
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) rose (c) steel
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) won (b) rode (c) flu
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) heel (b) weight (c) sun
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) flower (b) male (c) aloud
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) break (b) tow (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) waste
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tail (b) groan (c) allowed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) here (b) ate (c) blue
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) past (b) ate (c) steal
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) rose (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) dear (b) tail (c) knot
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) male (b) dear (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) whole (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) eight (b) mist (c) see
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) dear (b) blew (c) brake
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) male (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) know (b) pear (c) write
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) meet (c) hear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) night
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) break
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) write (b) buy (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) meet (b) passed (c) tow
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) piece (b) tale (c) night

Answer key

  1. see
  2. weight
  3. bury
  4. knight
  5. mail
  6. piece
  7. brake
  8. groan
  9. meat
  10. groan
  11. past
  12. sail
  13. their
  14. dear
  15. heel
  16. knight
  17. maid
  18. rode
  19. sun
  20. aloud
  21. wait
  22. peace
  23. waste
  24. allowed
  25. ate
  26. steal
  27. cell
  28. knot
  29. dear
  30. pair
  31. see
  32. brake
  33. eight
  34. write
  35. plain
  36. night
  37. pair
  38. buy
  39. tow
  40. night

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