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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 590 · 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 “steel”? (a) missed (b) steal (c) sun
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) past (b) maid (c) male
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) week (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) plane (b) not (c) new
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) ate (b) there (c) rode
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) mail (b) meet (c) eight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knight (b) won (c) maid
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) wait (b) maid (c) missed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) night (b) weight (c) know
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) break (c) their
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) waist (c) road
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sun (b) made (c) one
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) meet (c) plane
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) week
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) won
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) here
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) aloud (b) tow (c) steel
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) wait (b) mail (c) weak
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) weak
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) meat
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) sell (c) heal
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) mail (b) bare (c) heel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) groan (b) mist (c) knew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) hear (b) pear (c) blew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) meet (b) there (c) road
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) blew (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) ate (b) waste (c) sell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) flu
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) flu (b) ate (c) male
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) bare (b) heel (c) groan
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sail (b) brake (c) male
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sea (b) night (c) meet
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) rows (b) meat (c) bare
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) here (b) blue (c) piece
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) pear (b) passed (c) sun
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) steel (c) meet
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) plane (c) peace
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) brake (b) flu (c) see
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) sea (b) cell (c) waste
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) son (c) one

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. maid
  3. new
  4. new
  5. there
  6. eight
  7. won
  8. missed
  9. weight
  10. piece
  11. blew
  12. one
  13. see
  14. flour
  15. won
  16. sea
  17. tow
  18. mail
  19. weak
  20. pair
  21. plane
  22. heel
  23. mist
  24. pear
  25. there
  26. break
  27. sell
  28. blue
  29. male
  30. groan
  31. brake
  32. night
  33. meat
  34. piece
  35. sun
  36. knight
  37. blue
  38. flu
  39. waste
  40. hear

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