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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 667 · 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 “there”? (a) mist (b) their (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) flu (c) meat
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) brake (b) week (c) sale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) there (c) not
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) made (c) knot
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) allowed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) blew (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) night (b) rose (c) steel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) piece (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) piece
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) week (b) heel (c) hear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) won (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flu (b) hole (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) knight (c) hole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sail (b) their (c) flew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sail (b) new (c) night
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) rose (b) hole (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) plane (c) brake
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) won (b) plain (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) won (c) write
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) grown (b) not (c) tow
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) missed (b) blue (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) week (b) flu (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) write (b) buy (c) waist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) weak (c) road
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) son (c) eight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) sell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) peace (c) made
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) know
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) meet
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) their (b) blew (c) write
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) plain (b) won (c) not
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) rows (b) no (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) one (c) buy
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) write (b) brake (c) heel
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) meat (b) mail (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) knew (b) steal (c) tail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) knight (b) steel (c) waist

Answer key

  1. their
  2. sun
  3. sale
  4. know
  5. piece
  6. allowed
  7. flour
  8. sell
  9. rose
  10. deer
  11. pear
  12. hear
  13. rose
  14. hole
  15. blew
  16. their
  17. night
  18. flower
  19. see
  20. plain
  21. road
  22. tow
  23. wait
  24. knight
  25. bury
  26. buy
  27. steal
  28. missed
  29. sale
  30. plain
  31. pear
  32. meet
  33. write
  34. not
  35. ate
  36. new
  37. heel
  38. by
  39. steal
  40. steel

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