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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 637 · 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) berry (b) deer (c) steel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) steel (b) ate (c) see
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) one (b) allowed (c) their
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) weak (c) there
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) peace (b) dear (c) night
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) see (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) hear (b) past (c) heal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) knew (b) blew (c) missed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) one (c) ate
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) rode (b) heal (c) not
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) flew (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) plain (b) groan (c) not
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) missed (b) bear (c) weight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) one (b) waist (c) son
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) know (b) there (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) won (b) aloud (c) flower
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) waist (b) sell (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) male (b) flour (c) rode
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) sun (b) no (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) buy (b) sun (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) there (b) maid (c) missed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) tale (b) heal (c) mail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) their (c) bare
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) ate (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) night (c) hear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) wait (b) night (c) no
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) hear (b) ate (c) sell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) steal (c) new
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) knot (b) waste (c) toe
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) knot (b) rode (c) plain
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) buy (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flew (b) ate (c) heal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) weight (c) tale
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) new (c) right
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) see
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) aloud (b) wait (c) tow
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) maid (b) new (c) there
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) weak (b) write (c) bury
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) waste (c) knot
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) won (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. see
  3. allowed
  4. pear
  5. dear
  6. sun
  7. heal
  8. missed
  9. made
  10. not
  11. peace
  12. groan
  13. bear
  14. waist
  15. there
  16. aloud
  17. sell
  18. rode
  19. steal
  20. sun
  21. maid
  22. mail
  23. right
  24. steal
  25. cell
  26. night
  27. ate
  28. waste
  29. toe
  30. plain
  31. bare
  32. ate
  33. plain
  34. night
  35. blew
  36. wait
  37. new
  38. bury
  39. rode
  40. pear

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