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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 58 · 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 “missed”? (a) mist (b) son (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) road (b) heel (c) whole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) buy (b) no (c) steel
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) pair (b) deer (c) sea
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blew (b) bury (c) won
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) flu (c) missed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sea (b) pear (c) right
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) new (b) flower (c) steel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) brake
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) rose (b) no (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) son (b) mist (c) won
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flour (b) passed (c) male
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flower (b) not (c) blue
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) know (c) rows
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) tow
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) steel (b) son (c) mail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) know
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) son (b) toe (c) right
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) passed (b) write (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) there (b) waste (c) steal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) plane
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) one (b) waist (c) buy
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) pair (c) see
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meat (b) their (c) waist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) missed (c) plain
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) write (b) one (c) dear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) night (b) tow (c) sea
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) knot (c) whole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) aloud (b) tail (c) male
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waist (b) their (c) bear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) steal (c) blue
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) wait (c) whole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) sail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) flower (b) sell (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) there (b) sell (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) rows (b) one (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) knew (b) plain (c) bear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) new (b) hear (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) missed (b) flour (c) tow
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) flu (b) toe (c) sale

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. heel
  3. no
  4. sea
  5. bury
  6. tow
  7. right
  8. steel
  9. brake
  10. ate
  11. won
  12. male
  13. not
  14. hole
  15. knot
  16. mail
  17. bear
  18. toe
  19. write
  20. steal
  21. plane
  22. buy
  23. here
  24. their
  25. week
  26. one
  27. sea
  28. rode
  29. male
  30. their
  31. weight
  32. night
  33. mist
  34. by
  35. new
  36. dear
  37. plain
  38. hear
  39. tow
  40. sale

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