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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 453 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) no (b) steel (c) made
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) missed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) new
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) not (b) meet (c) grown
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) meat (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) berry (b) steel (c) sun
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) passed (c) sail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) tail (b) weight (c) dear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) heel (b) steel (c) allowed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) by (b) made (c) here
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) waist (b) bury (c) won
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) write (c) night
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) there (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) waste (c) plain
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) blew (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) right (b) sail (c) piece
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) buy (c) knew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) missed (b) flew (c) hole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) week (b) flower (c) their
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) hear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) blew (b) passed (c) tale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) buy (b) knight (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) blue (b) rose (c) missed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) made (c) plain
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) wait
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) bear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sea (c) weak
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) by (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) sell (c) heel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) pear (b) weak (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) allowed (b) there (c) not
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) cell (c) heal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) their (b) write (c) road
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) mail (b) aloud (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) plane (b) tow (c) deer
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) rose
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) one (b) bear (c) new
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) week
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) male (b) aloud (c) mist
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) heal (c) write

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. flour
  3. bury
  4. grown
  5. plane
  6. sun
  7. rode
  8. weight
  9. steel
  10. here
  11. won
  12. maid
  13. missed
  14. knot
  15. one
  16. piece
  17. not
  18. hole
  19. their
  20. toe
  21. tale
  22. knight
  23. missed
  24. brake
  25. wait
  26. see
  27. their
  28. groan
  29. male
  30. hear
  31. there
  32. berry
  33. write
  34. heal
  35. tow
  36. rose
  37. bear
  38. blue
  39. mist
  40. sale

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