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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 598 · 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 “steal”? (a) sun (b) steel (c) blew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) plain
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) toe
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) hole (c) deer
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) peace (b) male (c) brake
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) weak (b) rows (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) weak (b) blew (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) sea (b) tail (c) meat
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) wait (c) brake
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) groan (c) know
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waist (b) their (c) weight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) whole (b) wait (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) road
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) buy (c) toe
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) mist (b) right (c) rode
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) sea (c) toe
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) plain (b) pair (c) week
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) new
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) buy (b) sea (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) son
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) sea (c) sell
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knew (b) son (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) knight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) know (c) pair
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) see (b) weight (c) knew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) see (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) not (b) passed (c) mist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) son
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) wait (b) sail (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) steel (b) sea (c) eight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) hole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) here (c) buy
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) whole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) waste (b) heel (c) wait
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bare (b) deer (c) allowed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) knot (b) their (c) break
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) past
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) aloud (b) sell (c) new
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) night (b) buy (c) weight

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. bare
  3. bear
  4. write
  5. brake
  6. rows
  7. blew
  8. tail
  9. see
  10. bear
  11. their
  12. flower
  13. road
  14. allowed
  15. right
  16. hole
  17. write
  18. week
  19. rows
  20. sea
  21. groan
  22. know
  23. flour
  24. plane
  25. eight
  26. weight
  27. plane
  28. mist
  29. see
  30. hear
  31. sea
  32. sun
  33. waste
  34. whole
  35. heel
  36. deer
  37. break
  38. meat
  39. new
  40. weight

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