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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 432 · 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 “sail”? (a) mail (b) flew (c) sale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) one (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sale (b) tale (c) flower
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) flour (b) dear (c) missed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sell (b) sun (c) bare
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) plane (c) see
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) past (c) weak
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) peace (b) ate (c) aloud
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) made (b) sun (c) waist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) blue
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) brake (b) write (c) sell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) wait (c) plane
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) there (c) mail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) aloud (b) dear (c) night
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) flower (c) break
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) sea (c) week
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) wait (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) wait (b) night (c) maid
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) son (b) mail (c) flew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) break (b) know (c) missed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) deer (c) peace
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) road (c) night
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) brake (b) piece (c) tail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) hear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) waste (b) not (c) mail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) son (b) waist (c) tow
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sail (b) bury (c) tale
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) week
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) not (b) here (c) ate
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) piece
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) steal (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) eight (b) weight (c) steal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) their (b) steal (c) week
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) waste (b) grown (c) blew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) write (c) not
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) write (b) rode (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) buy
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flew (b) break (c) night
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) meat (b) break (c) grown

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. aloud
  3. tale
  4. dear
  5. eight
  6. bare
  7. meat
  8. no
  9. aloud
  10. sun
  11. blue
  12. write
  13. steel
  14. one
  15. dear
  16. tail
  17. here
  18. son
  19. night
  20. flew
  21. know
  22. knew
  23. toe
  24. piece
  25. hear
  26. mail
  27. tow
  28. tale
  29. bear
  30. ate
  31. piece
  32. waste
  33. weight
  34. steal
  35. blew
  36. new
  37. rode
  38. buy
  39. break
  40. grown

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