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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. heal
  3. rows
  4. new
  5. steal
  6. sea
  7. heel
  8. peace
  9. groan
  10. steel
  11. sun
  12. toe
  13. eight
  14. son
  15. berry
  16. missed
  17. past
  18. night
  19. meet
  20. peace
  21. night
  22. plane
  23. flour
  24. maid
  25. knew
  26. deer
  27. week
  28. blue
  29. waste
  30. bury
  31. there
  32. piece
  33. knight
  34. steel
  35. berry
  36. sell
  37. not
  38. mail
  39. deer
  40. flour

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