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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 612 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) waist (b) tail (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) blew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) eight (b) steel (c) heel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) grown (b) hole (c) brake
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) week (c) won
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) bury (b) groan (c) waist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) pair (b) bear (c) son
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) plane
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) plain (b) peace (c) won
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) bare (b) sea (c) sell
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) male (c) break
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) groan (b) night (c) eight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) allowed (b) meat (c) hear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) here (b) by (c) whole
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) hear (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) bury (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) weak (b) dear (c) flour
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) berry
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sea (b) ate (c) won
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) allowed (b) whole (c) made
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) weak (b) cell (c) mail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) right (b) see (c) dear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) road (c) mist
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) rode (c) meet
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) there (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) rode (c) missed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) brake (b) tale (c) know
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) son (b) dear (c) week
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) blew (b) deer (c) right
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) flour
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) flour (b) plain (c) rode
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) by (c) tail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) knot (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) there (b) know (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) rose (b) by (c) deer
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) steal
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) bare (c) waist
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) right (c) here
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) buy
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) no (c) bear

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. blew
  3. steel
  4. hole
  5. see
  6. waist
  7. bear
  8. knight
  9. won
  10. sea
  11. week
  12. eight
  13. meat
  14. by
  15. heel
  16. right
  17. flour
  18. berry
  19. ate
  20. whole
  21. mail
  22. dear
  23. blew
  24. rows
  25. weak
  26. their
  27. tale
  28. week
  29. deer
  30. eight
  31. plain
  32. weight
  33. new
  34. pair
  35. deer
  36. flower
  37. son
  38. rose
  39. ate
  40. knew

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