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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 715 · 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 “knight”? (a) night (b) peace (c) weight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) heel (b) there (c) rode
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) no
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sell (b) heal (c) mist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) their (b) steel (c) heel
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) won (b) rose (c) waist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) past (b) peace (c) brake
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) sell (b) steal (c) maid
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) grown (b) mail (c) son
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) toe
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) one (b) blew (c) no
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blue (b) tail (c) bury
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) knew (c) weight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) berry (c) piece
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) cell (b) missed (c) peace
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) hear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) deer (b) waist (c) by
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) dear (b) waist (c) sea
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) road (b) sea (c) bare
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) knot (b) heel (c) meat
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) week (b) buy (c) sun
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) rose (c) hole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) piece (b) heal (c) allowed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) hear (b) ate (c) grown
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) groan (b) flu (c) brake
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) flu
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) meet (b) dear (c) their
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) bare (b) right (c) steel
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) whole (b) sell (c) knight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) piece (c) their
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) road (b) won (c) steel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) waist (b) one (c) buy
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) male (b) mist (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sea (b) passed (c) won
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) steal (b) one (c) tail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) night (b) right (c) meat
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) maid
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) waste (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) waste (b) cell (c) bare

Answer key

  1. night
  2. there
  3. rode
  4. heal
  5. heel
  6. rose
  7. brake
  8. steal
  9. son
  10. past
  11. no
  12. bury
  13. hear
  14. missed
  15. peace
  16. bare
  17. by
  18. waist
  19. bare
  20. heel
  21. buy
  22. male
  23. allowed
  24. grown
  25. flu
  26. grown
  27. dear
  28. steel
  29. knight
  30. break
  31. steel
  32. eight
  33. buy
  34. mist
  35. passed
  36. tail
  37. meat
  38. ate
  39. eight
  40. cell

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