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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 444 · 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 “steal”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) sea
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) allowed (c) rose
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) here (b) hole (c) past
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) blew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) blue (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) sale (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) past (b) rose (c) whole
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) knight (b) new (c) mist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) heel (b) write (c) eight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) won (b) write (c) blew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) berry (b) tale (c) sail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) won (b) knot (c) ate
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) son (c) knight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) there (b) hole (c) bear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) won (c) know
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) by (b) berry (c) knew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) ate (b) pair (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) pair (b) rows (c) road
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) heal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) there (b) mist (c) peace
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) meet (b) pear (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) aloud (b) waste (c) tail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) plane (b) son (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) weight (b) made (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) heel (b) here (c) see
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) week (c) break
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) groan (b) night (c) passed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) waste (b) heel (c) wait
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) blue
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) past (b) not (c) road
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) missed (b) road (c) deer
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) bury (b) passed (c) heel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) heal (b) weak (c) peace
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) peace (b) flew (c) weak
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) won (c) made
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sale (b) not (c) waist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) deer (b) flu (c) piece
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) waist (b) write (c) know
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) flower

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. new
  3. hole
  4. one
  5. rows
  6. right
  7. whole
  8. new
  9. eight
  10. write
  11. tale
  12. ate
  13. allowed
  14. bear
  15. toe
  16. knew
  17. waist
  18. rows
  19. bare
  20. weight
  21. mist
  22. pear
  23. tail
  24. son
  25. made
  26. see
  27. bury
  28. passed
  29. wait
  30. flower
  31. not
  32. road
  33. passed
  34. weak
  35. weak
  36. write
  37. not
  38. flu
  39. know
  40. sell

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