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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 438 · 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 “tale”? (a) weight (b) rows (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) brake (b) plain (c) flu
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) night (b) sale (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) rows (b) made (c) their
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) hear (b) brake (c) eight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rose (b) buy (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) waist (b) know (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sea (b) pear (c) sun
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) knew (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) meat
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) weight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tow (b) knew (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) knew (b) steal (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) steel (b) there (c) road
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) made (b) new (c) flu
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) peace (b) break (c) sell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) by (b) their (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) passed (b) male (c) berry
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) deer (b) tale (c) bare
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) pair (c) won
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sell (b) steal (c) hear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) knew (b) there (c) steel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) plane
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) right (b) piece (c) sail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) weak (c) tow
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) no (b) mist (c) blew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) rows (c) berry
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) know (b) ate (c) right
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) heal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) knew (b) peace (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) see (b) whole (c) knight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) son (c) grown
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) pair (b) knew (c) won
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) passed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) rows
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) male (c) rose
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) here (b) bare (c) aloud
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) plane
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) peace (c) sun
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) here (b) road (c) heel

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. plain
  3. see
  4. made
  5. brake
  6. blew
  7. write
  8. pear
  9. sale
  10. eight
  11. sea
  12. knew
  13. steal
  14. there
  15. flu
  16. sell
  17. meet
  18. male
  19. tale
  20. no
  21. hear
  22. steel
  23. buy
  24. piece
  25. right
  26. mist
  27. their
  28. ate
  29. bear
  30. plane
  31. knight
  32. no
  33. won
  34. flower
  35. missed
  36. blew
  37. aloud
  38. allowed
  39. cell
  40. road

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