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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 502 · 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 “piece”? (a) waist (b) peace (c) ate
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) deer (b) hole (c) heal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) passed (b) tale (c) toe
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) hole (c) brake
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) road (c) toe
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) grown (b) piece (c) dear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) deer (b) sea (c) tail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) no (b) break (c) not
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) rows (c) write
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) one (b) grown (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bear (b) plane (c) here
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) mist (b) by (c) one
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) know (b) eight (c) steel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) cell (c) see
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) allowed (c) hole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) tow (b) waist (c) allowed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) one (b) ate (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flower (b) missed (c) steel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) allowed (b) bury (c) plane
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) right (b) male (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) allowed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) their (b) flu (c) peace
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) waste (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) meet (c) berry
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) there (c) allowed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) allowed (b) write (c) maid
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) rode (b) flour (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) weak (b) flour (c) tail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) blue (b) peace (c) aloud
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) missed (b) grown (c) heal
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) waste (c) no
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) rows (b) steal (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) heal (b) hear (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) sea (c) rows
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) road (b) weight (c) waist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) mist (b) road (c) pair
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) one (b) sea (c) passed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flower (b) rows (c) allowed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) know (b) missed (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) won (b) there (c) meat

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. hole
  3. toe
  4. sail
  5. night
  6. dear
  7. tail
  8. not
  9. brake
  10. grown
  11. plane
  12. by
  13. steel
  14. bear
  15. ate
  16. allowed
  17. groan
  18. steel
  19. plane
  20. male
  21. sun
  22. flu
  23. heel
  24. rose
  25. weight
  26. maid
  27. pair
  28. flour
  29. aloud
  30. heal
  31. by
  32. steal
  33. hear
  34. meet
  35. waist
  36. pair
  37. passed
  38. allowed
  39. flour
  40. meat

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