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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 582 · 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 “mist”? (a) break (b) missed (c) past
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bare (b) sea (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) dear (c) no
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) brake (c) deer
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) knew (c) steel
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) know (b) plane (c) steal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) pear (b) new (c) heal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) here (b) cell (c) knew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) meat (b) night (c) ate
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) mail (b) waist (c) steel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mist (b) sail (c) wait
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) blew (c) wait
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) flour (c) son
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) deer
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) see (b) here (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sun (b) one (c) blue
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) deer (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) passed (b) rows (c) knot
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) steal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) no (b) here (c) wait
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) berry (b) heel (c) blew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) meat (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) tail (b) piece (c) waist
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) know (b) mist (c) dear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) break (c) mist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) cell (b) pair (c) bury
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) know (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) weak (b) aloud (c) passed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sell (b) tale (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sea (b) buy (c) knight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) won (c) aloud
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) tale (c) buy
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) plane (b) steel (c) weak
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) here
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) right (b) knight (c) wait
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) peace (b) their (c) toe
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) wait (c) sail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sail (b) tale (c) pear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) made
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) eight (c) sell

Answer key

  1. missed
  2. meat
  3. see
  4. pear
  5. allowed
  6. steal
  7. heal
  8. cell
  9. ate
  10. waist
  11. wait
  12. night
  13. sail
  14. pear
  15. one
  16. one
  17. past
  18. rows
  19. aloud
  20. here
  21. heel
  22. groan
  23. piece
  24. dear
  25. piece
  26. bury
  27. berry
  28. passed
  29. not
  30. knight
  31. no
  32. toe
  33. weak
  34. heal
  35. knight
  36. their
  37. groan
  38. tale
  39. flower
  40. brake

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