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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 458 · 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 “peace”? (a) grown (b) past (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) missed (b) their (c) sale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tale (b) ate (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sail (b) their (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) tail (c) their
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) groan (b) road (c) allowed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) knight (c) allowed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) heel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) plain (c) buy
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) male
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sell (b) heal (c) knot
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sun (b) sale (c) hole
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) see (b) mist (c) allowed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) brake (b) blew (c) there
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) sea (c) tow
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) grown (c) hole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) not
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) break (b) write (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) eight (b) mail (c) grown
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sell (b) tale (c) sea
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) here
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) road (b) plain (c) meat
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) write (b) weight (c) there
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) mist (b) son (c) knot
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) pear (b) one (c) heel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) missed (b) road (c) flu
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) knot (b) cell (c) steal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) tail (c) their
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) pair (b) right (c) whole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) eight (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) knight (b) tale (c) passed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) tale (c) wait
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) piece (b) bear (c) hole
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) road (b) flew (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) ate (b) groan (c) tale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) waist (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) aloud (b) steal (c) there

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. their
  3. here
  4. sea
  5. male
  6. allowed
  7. son
  8. heel
  9. weak
  10. tail
  11. pair
  12. knot
  13. sale
  14. allowed
  15. rows
  16. there
  17. past
  18. meat
  19. not
  20. write
  21. grown
  22. tale
  23. here
  24. plain
  25. there
  26. knot
  27. one
  28. flu
  29. steal
  30. mist
  31. whole
  32. cell
  33. passed
  34. groan
  35. new
  36. bear
  37. flew
  38. tale
  39. eight
  40. steal

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