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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 487 · 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) mail (b) piece (c) steel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) eight (b) piece (c) see
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) heel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) blew (c) steel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) no (c) by
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) sun (c) pair
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) see (b) buy (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) know (b) wait (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) berry (b) allowed (c) plane
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) tale (b) no (c) sell
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) past (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) there (c) rose
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) knew (c) see
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) flour (c) maid
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) there (b) tail (c) pair
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) blew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) flew (c) sell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) brake
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) bury (c) flu
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) made (b) meat (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) sell (c) grown
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) steal (c) night
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) rose
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) son (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) there (b) tail (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) mail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) right (c) maid
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) rows (b) heel (c) weak
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) deer (b) knight (c) flew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) piece (b) heel (c) not
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) piece (b) blew (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) flew (b) plain (c) missed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) sell (b) their (c) missed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) mist (b) week (c) made
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) waist (b) cell (c) male
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) piece (b) week (c) maid
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sail (b) maid (c) see
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) wait (b) see (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) groan (b) peace (c) past
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) there (c) blue

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. piece
  3. blue
  4. sun
  5. write
  6. knew
  7. buy
  8. wait
  9. allowed
  10. sell
  11. sale
  12. knot
  13. deer
  14. passed
  15. tail
  16. blew
  17. road
  18. ate
  19. won
  20. pear
  21. passed
  22. sale
  23. meat
  24. waist
  25. flu
  26. pear
  27. whole
  28. weak
  29. flew
  30. not
  31. blew
  32. plain
  33. missed
  34. made
  35. cell
  36. week
  37. maid
  38. see
  39. peace
  40. wait

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