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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 460 · 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 “peace”? (a) tale (b) piece (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) rows (b) flew (c) won
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) here (b) waist (c) sea
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) flour (b) road (c) heel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) one (b) wait (c) aloud
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) know (b) hole (c) flew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) made
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) son (b) eight (c) hole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) flu (b) won (c) steel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) knight (c) brake
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) deer (b) cell (c) blew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) piece (b) grown (c) meat
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) night (b) tow (c) peace
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) brake (b) groan (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) waste (b) weak (c) no
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sale (c) rows
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) knot (b) flew (c) groan
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) know (b) whole (c) aloud
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) there (c) here
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) night (b) no (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) meet (b) bare (c) aloud
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) pear (b) flew (c) weak
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meet (b) male (c) no
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) steal (c) aloud
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sea (b) write (c) one
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) right (b) pear (c) blue
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) not (b) buy (c) week
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) bear (b) passed (c) rode
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) mist (b) ate (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) wait (b) mist (c) waste
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) see (b) plane (c) meat
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) tail (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sun (b) knew (c) past
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) cell (b) eight (c) deer
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) whole (b) peace (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) waist (b) pair (c) eight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) bare (b) road (c) not
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) grown (b) tale (c) one
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knight (b) know (c) here

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. won
  3. sea
  4. heel
  5. aloud
  6. hole
  7. made
  8. eight
  9. steel
  10. sale
  11. cell
  12. grown
  13. tow
  14. tow
  15. weak
  16. their
  17. flew
  18. aloud
  19. flu
  20. no
  21. bare
  22. flew
  23. male
  24. tale
  25. one
  26. blue
  27. buy
  28. rode
  29. ate
  30. waste
  31. meat
  32. plane
  33. knew
  34. deer
  35. male
  36. peace
  37. eight
  38. road
  39. tale
  40. here

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