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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 602 · 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 “peace”? (a) road (b) piece (c) know
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) new
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) piece (b) their (c) hear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) week (b) berry (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) allowed (b) waist (c) no
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) weight (b) meet (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) berry (c) sale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) weak (b) aloud (c) their
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) new (b) no (c) by
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) berry (b) piece (c) not
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) tail (b) sun (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) rode
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) flour (c) weight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) toe (b) flew (c) steal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) tail (b) male (c) sell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) piece (b) bare (c) flour
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) one (b) past (c) flew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hole (b) male (c) allowed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) piece
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) cell (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) brake (b) their (c) waist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) one (c) grown
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) knew (b) berry (c) see
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) aloud (c) sun
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sale (b) write (c) peace
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) know (b) sale (c) sun
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) meat
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) steal (c) knew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) wait (b) whole (c) cell
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) one (c) bury
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) there (b) sea (c) not
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) no (b) tale (c) ate
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) hear (b) steel (c) plain
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) whole (b) plane (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) rose (b) sea (c) bear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) blue (b) sail (c) waist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) waste (c) plane
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) mist (b) hole (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) dear (b) flower (c) missed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) waste (c) sail

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. new
  3. hear
  4. berry
  5. waist
  6. meet
  7. sell
  8. aloud
  9. no
  10. not
  11. blew
  12. rode
  13. one
  14. steal
  15. male
  16. flour
  17. flew
  18. allowed
  19. buy
  20. heel
  21. their
  22. by
  23. see
  24. break
  25. peace
  26. sale
  27. heal
  28. right
  29. whole
  30. meat
  31. sea
  32. ate
  33. plain
  34. plane
  35. bear
  36. waist
  37. new
  38. hole
  39. missed
  40. mist

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