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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 724 · 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 “know”? (a) one (b) their (c) no
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) sale (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) ate (b) there (c) steel
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) toe
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) here (c) rode
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) steel (b) son (c) brake
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) tale (c) mist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) toe (b) pear (c) steal
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sun (b) won (c) weak
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) meat (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) hole (b) heel (c) flower
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) groan (b) meat (c) steal
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blew (b) knot (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) piece (b) waist (c) flower
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) meat (b) groan (c) sale
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) pear (b) see (c) their
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sail (b) rows (c) meat
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) right (c) one
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) ate
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) there (b) grown (c) sail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) mist (c) grown
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) sell (b) see (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) hear (c) maid
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) eight (c) tail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) hole (b) their (c) right
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) not (b) tale (c) by
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) flower (b) not (c) by
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) here (b) made (c) won
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) flu
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) write (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) tail (b) wait (c) sea
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) knight (b) waist (c) pear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) missed (b) steel (c) eight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) eight (b) night (c) hole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) night (c) dear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) buy (b) weight (c) sail
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) plane (b) piece (c) missed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) past (b) deer (c) won
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) flour (b) no (c) eight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) bare (b) knew (c) waste

Answer key

  1. no
  2. blew
  3. there
  4. toe
  5. grown
  6. brake
  7. here
  8. pear
  9. weak
  10. steel
  11. heel
  12. steal
  13. sea
  14. waist
  15. groan
  16. their
  17. meat
  18. flu
  19. hear
  20. sail
  21. toe
  22. see
  23. knight
  24. piece
  25. their
  26. tale
  27. by
  28. won
  29. blue
  30. waste
  31. sea
  32. waist
  33. eight
  34. hole
  35. not
  36. weight
  37. piece
  38. deer
  39. no
  40. knew

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