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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 609 · 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) new (b) heel (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) steal (b) there (c) peace
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) berry (c) plane
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) write (b) there (c) week
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) wait
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) waste (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) groan (b) there (c) knight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knew (b) knight (c) knot
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) know (c) rows
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) week (c) not
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) plain (c) write
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) one (b) flu (c) their
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) write
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) plain (b) weak (c) won
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) mail (b) sale (c) buy
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) waste (c) flower
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) sail (b) knew (c) past
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) brake
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) tail (c) night
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) blew (c) grown
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) buy (b) deer (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flour (b) heal (c) son
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) here (b) knight (c) cell
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) waist (b) flower (c) mist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) pair (b) past (c) heal
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) new (c) passed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) here (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) knew (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) new (b) allowed (c) sun
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) peace
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) male (b) know (c) pear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flu (b) dear (c) whole
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) waste (b) allowed (c) hole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) plane (b) eight (c) male
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) won (c) night
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) son (b) tale (c) rose
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) by (b) eight (c) write
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) wait
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) passed (b) won (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) pair (b) made (c) right

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. there
  3. not
  4. there
  5. hear
  6. flu
  7. knight
  8. knot
  9. blew
  10. see
  11. cell
  12. their
  13. weight
  14. won
  15. buy
  16. maid
  17. knew
  18. piece
  19. sea
  20. won
  21. cell
  22. heal
  23. knight
  24. mist
  25. past
  26. right
  27. new
  28. tail
  29. allowed
  30. pair
  31. pear
  32. whole
  33. allowed
  34. male
  35. plain
  36. tale
  37. write
  38. wait
  39. here
  40. right

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