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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 703 · 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 “toe”? (a) tow (b) here (c) tale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) mail (b) steel (c) passed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) steal (b) right (c) see
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) rode (c) bury
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) see (c) sail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) tow (b) blew (c) sale
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) waste (c) flew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) hear (b) brake (c) weak
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) weak (b) flu (c) peace
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) eight (b) deer (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) steal (b) right (c) rose
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) son (c) heel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) flew (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) peace (b) sell (c) mist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) here (b) rows (c) hole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) blue (b) steal (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) blue (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sail (b) buy (c) no
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) their (c) tale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sale (b) bear (c) meet
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) bury (b) waist (c) eight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) son (b) mist (c) allowed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sale (b) blue (c) write
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) made (c) tow
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) knight (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) waste (b) sell (c) rode
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) their (c) knot
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) groan (c) rode
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) road (b) steel (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flower (c) pear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) week (b) whole (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flour (b) peace (c) know
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) cell (c) one
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) maid (b) whole (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) ate (b) tail (c) toe
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) road (b) waste (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) by (b) one (c) their
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) allowed (b) ate (c) dear

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. steel
  3. right
  4. one
  5. waste
  6. sale
  7. passed
  8. brake
  9. flu
  10. hear
  11. rose
  12. there
  13. eight
  14. mist
  15. hole
  16. steal
  17. break
  18. no
  19. night
  20. meet
  21. eight
  22. allowed
  23. blue
  24. sea
  25. won
  26. sell
  27. cell
  28. sea
  29. missed
  30. steel
  31. knight
  32. whole
  33. know
  34. pear
  35. bare
  36. whole
  37. tail
  38. peace
  39. their
  40. ate

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