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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 279 · 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 “steal”? (a) pear (b) mist (c) steel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) brake (b) steel (c) peace
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) past (c) plane
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) there (c) blew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) berry (b) son (c) flower
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) buy (b) eight (c) made
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) knew (b) aloud (c) hear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) male (b) their (c) right
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) meet (b) pear (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) flew (b) not (c) right
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) maid (b) plane (c) groan
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) waste (c) blew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) their (b) heel (c) berry
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) plain
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) cell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) won (b) sun (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) eight (b) toe (c) meat
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) see (b) blew (c) waste
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) blew (b) sell (c) waist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) aloud (b) new (c) waste
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) rose (b) buy (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tow (b) one (c) brake
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sea (b) bury (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sun (b) sea (c) made
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) here
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) bear (b) road (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) there (b) meet (c) mist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) pair (c) allowed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) their (b) meat (c) here
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) hole (b) week (c) steal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) no (b) new (c) rows
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) week (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) weight (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) plane (c) bury
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sea (b) meat (c) tail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) mist (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rode (b) blew (c) waist
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) peace (b) passed (c) there

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. steel
  3. sea
  4. see
  5. flower
  6. made
  7. aloud
  8. knew
  9. their
  10. pear
  11. right
  12. plane
  13. heel
  14. heel
  15. mail
  16. aloud
  17. sun
  18. meat
  19. blew
  20. waist
  21. waste
  22. new
  23. one
  24. weak
  25. made
  26. here
  27. road
  28. mist
  29. maid
  30. here
  31. steal
  32. steal
  33. rows
  34. pair
  35. buy
  36. not
  37. tail
  38. rose
  39. blew
  40. passed

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