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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 524 · 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 “blue”? (a) plane (b) blew (c) hear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) see (b) tale (c) maid
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) tail (b) hole (c) missed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) here (b) rose (c) mist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) knew (c) allowed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) sell (c) past
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) mist (b) sun (c) no
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) meat (b) heal (c) rows
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) past (b) ate (c) there
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) grown (b) see (c) hear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) weight (c) flower
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) knew (b) know (c) meat
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) pair (c) eight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) knew (b) buy (c) mist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) steel (c) meet
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) knew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) rows (b) tail (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) pair
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) blew (b) berry (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) mail (b) buy (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) tale (b) allowed (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) wait (b) hear (c) their
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) ate (b) flew (c) sea
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) right (b) rows (c) steal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) steal (c) peace
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) toe (b) there (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) waste (b) road (c) break
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) plane
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) bear (b) piece (c) weak
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) ate (c) grown
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) eight (c) deer
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) pair
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) waste (c) knot
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) week (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) weak (b) rows (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) steel (b) sun (c) break
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) male (b) know (c) missed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) allowed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flower (b) night (c) waste
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) new (b) by (c) rows

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. tale
  3. missed
  4. mist
  5. made
  6. ate
  7. no
  8. rows
  9. there
  10. hear
  11. mail
  12. meat
  13. by
  14. buy
  15. brake
  16. meet
  17. one
  18. rode
  19. berry
  20. blue
  21. allowed
  22. their
  23. sea
  24. steal
  25. new
  26. there
  27. break
  28. weight
  29. piece
  30. whole
  31. one
  32. pair
  33. maid
  34. rode
  35. rows
  36. sun
  37. know
  38. pear
  39. waste
  40. by

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