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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 329 · 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 “tail”? (a) berry (b) eight (c) tale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) their (b) blue (c) steel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) plain (b) mist (c) meet
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) passed (b) heel (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) passed (c) blue
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) rose (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) break (b) tail (c) sail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) here (b) there (c) buy
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) not (c) sea
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sun (b) right (c) eight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) not (b) hole (c) brake
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) see (b) bare (c) waste
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) deer
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) steel (c) tow
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) plain (c) berry
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) heel (b) dear (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) buy (b) tow (c) rose
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) steal (c) grown
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) knew (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flour (b) buy (c) knight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) aloud (c) missed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) here (b) ate (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) wait
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hear (b) waste (c) eight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) pear (c) passed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) aloud
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) hear (c) flew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) pair (b) sale (c) berry
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) write (b) tail (c) know
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) buy (b) here (c) meet
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) son (b) knot (c) whole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) steel (b) blew (c) weight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) passed (b) week (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) by (b) piece (c) meet
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) no (c) weak
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) son (b) waste (c) flour
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) night (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) sail (c) bear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) made (c) blue
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) aloud (b) won (c) flour

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. blue
  3. mist
  4. heel
  5. wait
  6. deer
  7. sail
  8. there
  9. ate
  10. eight
  11. hole
  12. waste
  13. ate
  14. brake
  15. tow
  16. dear
  17. rose
  18. night
  19. berry
  20. knight
  21. piece
  22. write
  23. wait
  24. eight
  25. rose
  26. aloud
  27. meat
  28. sale
  29. know
  30. meet
  31. knot
  32. blew
  33. week
  34. piece
  35. blue
  36. waste
  37. plain
  38. heal
  39. cell
  40. won

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