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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 522 · 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 “hear”? (a) here (b) eight (c) one
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) night (b) berry (c) whole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) wait (b) here (c) sell
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) mail (b) not (c) meet
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) know (b) bear (c) rode
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) mail (b) deer (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) steal (b) flower (c) weak
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) heel (b) tale (c) flower
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) sail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) one (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) meet (b) flu (c) toe
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) tale (c) write
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) not (b) steel (c) eight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) meet (c) rode
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) bare (b) rows (c) piece
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) blew (c) piece
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) male (b) knot (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) waste (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) by (c) no
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) flower
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) one (c) deer
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) hear (b) night (c) blew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) plane (b) week (c) one
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) weak (c) male
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) plain (b) heel (c) tail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) night (b) cell (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sale (b) week (c) sun
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) steel (b) rows (c) knew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) plane (b) pair (c) knot
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) their (b) mail (c) not
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) past (c) heal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) waist (b) tow (c) meat
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) made (b) cell (c) bear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) break (b) there (c) know
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) steel (b) weak (c) mail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) not (b) mist (c) no
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) allowed (c) sea
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) new
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) hear

Answer key

  1. here
  2. whole
  3. here
  4. meet
  5. rode
  6. know
  7. weak
  8. tale
  9. flower
  10. sale
  11. toe
  12. knew
  13. steel
  14. deer
  15. piece
  16. see
  17. won
  18. break
  19. heel
  20. meet
  21. one
  22. flour
  23. blew
  24. one
  25. bare
  26. tail
  27. cell
  28. sun
  29. rows
  30. knot
  31. mail
  32. there
  33. tow
  34. bear
  35. there
  36. weak
  37. mist
  38. meat
  39. steal
  40. hear

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