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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 610 · 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 “steel”? (a) night (b) know (c) steal
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) son (b) steal (c) know
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) blew (b) by (c) peace
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) not (b) night (c) won
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) there (c) night
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) rows (b) brake (c) passed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) blew (b) tow (c) hole
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) weak (c) know
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) brake (b) eight (c) flour
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flu (b) blew (c) pair
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) blew (c) steel
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) made (b) road (c) waste
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) mist (b) sun (c) past
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sell (b) knot (c) male
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) tail (c) berry
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) sale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meat (b) their (c) grown
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) rose (b) aloud (c) knight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) hole (b) no (c) buy
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) rows (b) sea (c) groan
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) flu
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) rows (b) weak (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) there (b) ate (c) maid
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sell (b) heel (c) steel
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tail (b) male (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) whole (c) past
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) cell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) won (b) by (c) bury
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) know (b) allowed (c) buy
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) bare (b) berry (c) knight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) son (b) by (c) piece
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) right (c) steel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) here (b) meet (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) eight (b) here (c) heal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) brake (b) their (c) know
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) hear (b) flour (c) heal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) blew (b) weight (c) their
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) week (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) tale (c) one

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. steal
  3. peace
  4. won
  5. sail
  6. here
  7. passed
  8. tow
  9. bury
  10. flour
  11. blew
  12. steel
  13. road
  14. past
  15. knot
  16. peace
  17. flower
  18. their
  19. aloud
  20. no
  21. sea
  22. deer
  23. weak
  24. maid
  25. heel
  26. pair
  27. buy
  28. cell
  29. by
  30. allowed
  31. knight
  32. by
  33. blew
  34. groan
  35. heal
  36. know
  37. heal
  38. weight
  39. rode
  40. night

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