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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 325 · 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 “by”? (a) there (b) right (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) weak (b) hole (c) steal
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) hear (b) won (c) brake
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) not
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) hole (c) no
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) steal (b) mail (c) not
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sale (b) tail (c) past
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) night (c) dear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) sea (c) allowed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) hear (b) aloud (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) peace (b) their (c) dear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) rose
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) made (b) missed (c) sell
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) sun (b) pear (c) blue
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) sell (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) deer (c) tail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) son (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) toe (b) past (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) one (c) write
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flour (b) steel (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) one (c) meat
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flour (b) whole (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sell (b) berry (c) hole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) week (b) waste (c) right
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) heel (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) hole (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) steal (b) missed (c) buy
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) tow
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) blue (b) maid (c) here
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sell (b) there (c) knight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) berry (c) sail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) know (b) tale (c) pair
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) there (b) one (c) tow
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) peace (b) hear (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) aloud (b) mist (c) write
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) bury (b) know (c) blue
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) aloud
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) mist (c) week
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) there (b) cell (c) hear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) berry (b) right (c) sun

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. steal
  3. brake
  4. waste
  5. won
  6. not
  7. tail
  8. one
  9. meet
  10. past
  11. dear
  12. aloud
  13. sell
  14. blue
  15. bear
  16. there
  17. by
  18. allowed
  19. ate
  20. steel
  21. there
  22. whole
  23. hole
  24. right
  25. tale
  26. sale
  27. buy
  28. flew
  29. maid
  30. knight
  31. plain
  32. pair
  33. one
  34. sell
  35. write
  36. know
  37. toe
  38. past
  39. cell
  40. sun

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