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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 350 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) meet (b) write (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) tale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) piece (b) sail (c) deer
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knew (b) one (c) blew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) blue (b) peace (c) deer
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) meat (b) wait (c) steel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) piece (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) blew (b) ate (c) see
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meet (b) knew (c) maid
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) flu (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bury (b) heel (c) there
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) one (b) road (c) hole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) by (b) whole (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) waist (b) dear (c) pear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) rose (c) peace
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) cell (b) their (c) one
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) waist (b) blew (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) tale (b) one (c) new
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) here (c) see
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) toe (b) heal (c) weak
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) write (b) bare (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) buy (c) hole
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) bear (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) whole (b) mist (c) meet
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) steal (b) pear (c) heal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) passed (b) flu (c) rows
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) hear (b) flower (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) mail (c) weak
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) write (b) knew (c) berry
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) cell (b) wait (c) no
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) week (c) steel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) brake (b) write (c) flower
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) passed (b) meat (c) toe
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) passed (b) rose (c) peace
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) there (c) weak
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sun (b) right (c) see
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) rose (b) allowed (c) eight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) made (b) heel (c) brake
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) deer (b) weight (c) steal

Answer key

  1. write
  2. sale
  3. sail
  4. one
  5. peace
  6. steel
  7. made
  8. see
  9. maid
  10. deer
  11. there
  12. road
  13. whole
  14. dear
  15. rode
  16. their
  17. rode
  18. sun
  19. new
  20. meat
  21. weak
  22. bare
  23. maid
  24. buy
  25. meet
  26. heal
  27. flu
  28. waist
  29. plane
  30. berry
  31. no
  32. night
  33. write
  34. toe
  35. rose
  36. flower
  37. right
  38. eight
  39. brake
  40. steal

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