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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 306 · 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 “tale”? (a) tow (b) meet (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) plane (b) steal (c) road
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) break (b) peace (c) knew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) there (b) tow (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) bury (c) waist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) knot (b) whole (c) rose
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) break (c) toe
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) blue (b) sail (c) passed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) male (b) mist (c) flu
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) knight (b) not (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sale (c) know
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tale (b) rode (c) won
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) know (b) rose (c) break
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) wait (b) waste (c) sea
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) toe (b) bury (c) missed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) not (b) see (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) bare (b) write (c) made
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flew (b) write (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sell (b) pear (c) sea
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) toe (c) by
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) their (b) wait (c) steel
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) won
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) not (c) aloud
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) tale (b) right (c) berry
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) deer (b) weak (c) plain
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) night (b) plain (c) tale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) break (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) allowed (b) there (c) sale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bare (b) son (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) no (b) rode (c) break
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) plane (b) whole (c) aloud
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) missed (c) knew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) male (b) week (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) berry (b) waist (c) weight
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) grown (b) won (c) knight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) rows (c) weak
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) flew (b) here (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) meet (c) ate
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) flew (c) won

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. steal
  3. peace
  4. past
  5. blew
  6. rose
  7. road
  8. passed
  9. flu
  10. not
  11. flu
  12. won
  13. break
  14. waste
  15. bury
  16. see
  17. write
  18. toe
  19. sea
  20. piece
  21. steel
  22. peace
  23. maid
  24. eight
  25. berry
  26. weak
  27. tale
  28. maid
  29. sale
  30. plane
  31. rode
  32. aloud
  33. pair
  34. week
  35. weight
  36. knight
  37. missed
  38. here
  39. whole
  40. sea

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