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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 719 · 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 “son”? (a) see (b) sun (c) past
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) bare (b) tow (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) ate (c) groan
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) sun (c) blue
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) knight (c) blew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) there (c) male
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) missed (c) toe
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) male (b) ate (c) no
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) wait (c) missed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) weak (c) son
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) hear (b) steal (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) one (b) buy (c) rows
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) cell (c) bury
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) right (b) sell (c) flu
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) week (b) meet (c) steal
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) not (c) son
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) deer (b) road (c) knew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) grown
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) pear (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) grown (b) sea (c) bear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) write
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) berry (b) grown (c) hole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) blue (b) made (c) waste
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) right (b) their (c) tale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) blue (b) by (c) missed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) aloud (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) tow
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) steel (b) sea (c) son
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) break (b) buy (c) blue
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) eight (b) break (c) cell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) passed (c) see
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) berry (b) blew (c) peace
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) eight (b) road (c) buy
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) hear (b) tale (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) tail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) aloud
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) right (b) sea (c) eight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) there (b) won (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) weight (b) see (c) maid

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. tow
  3. knot
  4. steel
  5. plane
  6. sun
  7. see
  8. no
  9. there
  10. their
  11. steal
  12. rows
  13. night
  14. flu
  15. meet
  16. meat
  17. knew
  18. knew
  19. son
  20. bear
  21. write
  22. hole
  23. waste
  24. their
  25. by
  26. sell
  27. tow
  28. son
  29. blue
  30. buy
  31. cell
  32. one
  33. peace
  34. road
  35. tale
  36. tail
  37. flu
  38. sea
  39. won
  40. maid

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