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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 608 · 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) buy (b) steel (c) cell
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) flu
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) not (b) grown (c) peace
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) allowed (c) hear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) maid (c) grown
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) won (b) brake (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) rode (b) plane (c) new
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) toe (b) week (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) night (b) their (c) bury
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) grown (b) knot (c) tow
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) knight (c) here
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) bear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) knight (b) mist (c) not
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) new (b) grown (c) steal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) wait (c) bear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) waist (b) son (c) won
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) aloud (c) no
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) berry (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) rows (b) tail (c) hole
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) pair (b) rows (c) missed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) aloud (b) heel (c) sale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) sale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) aloud (b) tail (c) toe
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) hear (b) knight (c) blue
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) son (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) steel (b) cell (c) right
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) son (b) made (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) one (b) steel (c) flu
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) past (c) bear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sale (c) pear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sun (b) week (c) waste
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) wait (c) here
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) knew (b) flu (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) not (b) maid (c) piece
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knot (b) sun (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) sale
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) tail (b) toe (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) see
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) by (b) pear (c) sail

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. sea
  3. peace
  4. ate
  5. new
  6. brake
  7. plane
  8. blue
  9. bury
  10. tow
  11. bare
  12. missed
  13. mist
  14. steal
  15. maid
  16. won
  17. bear
  18. one
  19. hole
  20. rows
  21. heel
  22. aloud
  23. toe
  24. knight
  25. by
  26. cell
  27. blue
  28. flu
  29. meet
  30. hear
  31. week
  32. plain
  33. flu
  34. maid
  35. sun
  36. sale
  37. groan
  38. allowed
  39. eight
  40. pear

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