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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 476 · 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) groan (b) piece (c) tail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) write
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) hear (b) steel (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) eight (b) brake (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) not (c) night
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) mist (b) grown (c) knight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mail (b) mist (c) berry
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) won (b) sail (c) ate
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) no (b) aloud (c) mail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) tail (b) rose (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) by (b) mist (c) flew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) toe (c) there
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) tail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) brake (b) dear (c) heal
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sell (b) new (c) plane
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) knight (b) not (c) road
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pear (b) tow (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) deer (c) tale
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) plane (b) flower (c) mail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) made (b) tow (c) rows
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) weak (b) right (c) by
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) aloud (b) buy (c) missed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) knew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) bury (b) know (c) plain
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) flew (b) blue (c) cell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) knight (c) male
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) pear (b) steal (c) sun
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) berry (b) their (c) heal
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) cell (b) grown (c) flew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) pear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) no (b) sail (c) knew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) sell (b) by (c) hole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) steel (b) weight (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) hole (b) made (c) buy
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) rode (b) one (c) sail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) passed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) steal (b) toe (c) mist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) bare (b) piece (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) maid (b) right (c) heel

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. maid
  3. blue
  4. no
  5. tow
  6. knight
  7. mist
  8. sail
  9. aloud
  10. flower
  11. flew
  12. hole
  13. tail
  14. dear
  15. new
  16. not
  17. blue
  18. berry
  19. mail
  20. tow
  21. by
  22. buy
  23. knew
  24. know
  25. cell
  26. plain
  27. sun
  28. their
  29. flew
  30. ate
  31. knew
  32. hole
  33. weight
  34. made
  35. one
  36. tail
  37. passed
  38. toe
  39. meat
  40. right

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