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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 73 · 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) rose (b) sun (c) tow
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) won (b) steal (c) mail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) steel (b) knot (c) mist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) weak (b) aloud (c) steal
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) break (b) piece (c) bury
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) bear (b) break (c) rose
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) sail (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) brake (b) knew (c) heel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) hear (c) dear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) groan (b) night (c) flour
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) sun (c) hole
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) male (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) know (b) blue (c) cell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) steal (b) see (c) write
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) knew (b) deer (c) write
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) aloud (b) heal (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) peace (b) ate (c) buy
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) rode
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sea (b) dear (c) heel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) bare
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) bear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) steal (b) hear (c) toe
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) maid (b) hole (c) wait
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tow (b) see (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) tale (b) ate (c) rows
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) male (b) pear (c) sale
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) plane (b) whole (c) flew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) ate (c) here
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) rows (b) sell (c) peace
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) heal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) plane (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) deer
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) pear (c) cell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) maid (b) here (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) piece (c) toe
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) knew (b) allowed (c) brake
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) flew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) tail (b) steal (c) sun
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) waste (b) tow (c) here
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) see (c) waste

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. mail
  3. mist
  4. steal
  5. bury
  6. rose
  7. see
  8. heel
  9. rose
  10. flour
  11. steel
  12. weak
  13. blue
  14. write
  15. deer
  16. meet
  17. buy
  18. rode
  19. dear
  20. bare
  21. flower
  22. toe
  23. wait
  24. waist
  25. rows
  26. sale
  27. whole
  28. peace
  29. sell
  30. sea
  31. groan
  32. eight
  33. won
  34. heal
  35. missed
  36. brake
  37. weight
  38. steal
  39. here
  40. ate

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