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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 451 · 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) allowed (b) steel (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) ate (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) bare (c) tale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) past (b) mail (c) flu
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) flower (b) knot (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) allowed (b) bury (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) passed (b) sell (c) tail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) flower (b) pear (c) plane
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) grown (b) missed (c) hole
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) night (b) rose (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) plain
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) missed (c) meet
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) write (b) blew (c) their
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) deer (b) sail (c) see
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flew (b) wait (c) allowed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) hear (b) flower (c) son
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) sail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) their (c) hear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flour (b) won (c) knight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) aloud (b) not (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) knot (b) dear (c) hear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flew (b) knot (c) flower
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) bury (b) past (c) steal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) eight (c) write
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) peace (b) write (c) sea
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) tale (c) made
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) week (b) knight (c) right
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) buy (b) pair (c) steel
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) sell (c) meat
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) plain (c) hole
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) new (b) know (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) by (c) week
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) write (b) flu (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) buy (b) rose (c) brake
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) peace (b) knight (c) hear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) here (c) pair
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) dear (b) eight (c) heel
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) road
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) hole (b) flour (c) weak
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) heel

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. plane
  3. break
  4. flu
  5. bare
  6. week
  7. sell
  8. plane
  9. missed
  10. mist
  11. plain
  12. sea
  13. blew
  14. see
  15. allowed
  16. son
  17. sail
  18. eight
  19. knight
  20. deer
  21. dear
  22. knot
  23. steal
  24. road
  25. write
  26. blew
  27. knight
  28. pair
  29. steal
  30. rows
  31. rose
  32. not
  33. flu
  34. rose
  35. hear
  36. knew
  37. heel
  38. road
  39. weak
  40. meat

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