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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 604 · 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) piece (b) tale (c) sea
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) heel (b) one (c) pear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) tail (b) meat (c) toe
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) groan (b) past (c) meet
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) plain (c) toe
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sun (b) knew (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) here (b) toe (c) no
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) week (b) heal (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) not (c) rows
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) tow (c) bare
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) night (b) past (c) see
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) deer (b) not (c) tale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) knight (b) week (c) peace
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) write (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) hole (b) deer (c) knot
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) road (b) right (c) steel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) break (c) mist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flew (b) by (c) weight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) knot (c) maid
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) groan (b) week (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) here (b) rode (c) week
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) knot (b) aloud (c) blue
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) dear (b) meet (c) grown
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) brake (b) right (c) heel
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) knight (b) aloud (c) plane
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) road (b) here (c) blew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) knew (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) sail (b) rows (c) pair
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) ate (c) whole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) new (b) their (c) plane
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) week (c) toe
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) see (b) flower (c) won
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) no
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) bare (c) knight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) maid
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) flour (b) rode (c) dear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) ate (b) their (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) plane (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) steal (b) weak (c) break
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) heal (b) mist (c) knew

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. one
  3. meat
  4. meet
  5. male
  6. knew
  7. no
  8. heal
  9. week
  10. waste
  11. see
  12. tale
  13. peace
  14. missed
  15. deer
  16. steel
  17. right
  18. weight
  19. wait
  20. week
  21. rode
  22. blue
  23. meet
  24. right
  25. plane
  26. here
  27. sail
  28. rows
  29. heel
  30. plane
  31. write
  32. flower
  33. no
  34. berry
  35. maid
  36. dear
  37. piece
  38. peace
  39. weak
  40. mist

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