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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 500 · 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 “piece”? (a) peace (b) see (c) allowed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) pair (b) sun (c) grown
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) night (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sun (b) hole (c) sell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) steel (b) knot (c) sell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) brake (c) one
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) here (b) there (c) missed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) know (b) groan (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) heel (b) steel (c) know
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) road (b) pair (c) meet
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) ate (b) sale (c) heal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) night
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) plain (b) berry (c) pair
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) wait (b) hole (c) plane
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) won (b) hole (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) right (b) hole (c) brake
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) by (b) tail (c) weak
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sale (c) one
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) steel (b) waste (c) rode
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) see (b) whole (c) wait
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) bare (c) deer
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) piece (b) knight (c) rows
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bear (b) plane (c) bury
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) steal (b) mist (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) night (c) groan
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) week (c) allowed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) piece (c) eight
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) male (b) knot (c) whole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) there (b) waste (c) right
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) steal (b) mail (c) know
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) know (b) waste (c) bare
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) weight (c) not
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) right (b) hear (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) hear (b) cell (c) waist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) bear (c) break
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) grown (b) male (c) brake
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) week (c) aloud
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) plain (b) sail (c) steel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) by (c) maid
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) flour

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. grown
  3. know
  4. hole
  5. sell
  6. maid
  7. there
  8. groan
  9. steel
  10. meet
  11. sale
  12. flower
  13. pair
  14. plane
  15. night
  16. brake
  17. weak
  18. deer
  19. rode
  20. wait
  21. meat
  22. rows
  23. bury
  24. past
  25. rose
  26. buy
  27. sail
  28. whole
  29. right
  30. mail
  31. waste
  32. pear
  33. hear
  34. waist
  35. sun
  36. brake
  37. won
  38. sail
  39. heel
  40. bear

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