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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 63 · 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 “heel”? (a) flew (b) heal (c) here
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) one (b) ate (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) won (b) mail (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) won (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) mail
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) sea (c) right
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) steal (b) new (c) plane
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) made (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) their (c) one
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) waist (b) maid (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) here (c) groan
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) weight (b) knot (c) son
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) cell (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) not (b) mist (c) steel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) knight (b) pair (c) sail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) steel (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tail (b) one (c) meat
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knight (b) sail (c) sun
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flower (b) past (c) brake
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) aloud (c) plane
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) rode (b) bear (c) buy
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knot (b) ate (c) steal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) allowed (b) hear (c) peace
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) write (b) whole (c) peace
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) heal (b) sail (c) right
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) know (b) peace (c) new
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) bury (b) passed (c) steal
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) pear (c) rows
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) see (b) blue (c) heel
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) road (b) flour (c) mist
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) made (b) aloud (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) break (b) by (c) passed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) plain
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) one (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) wait (b) waste (c) missed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) rows (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) new (c) break
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) won (c) meet
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heal (b) wait (c) flower

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. meat
  3. buy
  4. whole
  5. toe
  6. rows
  7. plane
  8. night
  9. tow
  10. blue
  11. heal
  12. sea
  13. son
  14. eight
  15. mist
  16. pair
  17. right
  18. meat
  19. sun
  20. brake
  21. meet
  22. buy
  23. ate
  24. hear
  25. whole
  26. right
  27. peace
  28. steal
  29. won
  30. heel
  31. flour
  32. aloud
  33. passed
  34. pear
  35. here
  36. missed
  37. blew
  38. wait
  39. steel
  40. flower

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