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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 75 · 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 “tail”? (a) past (b) one (c) tale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) peace
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) break (b) mist (c) plain
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) weak (b) tail (c) heal
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tale (b) see (c) there
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) sea (b) son (c) waist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) rose (c) sell
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) one (c) tow
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) whole (b) write (c) flower
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) sail (b) waste (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) there (b) groan (c) night
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sun (b) steel (c) meet
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) flour (c) not
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) plane (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) mist (c) piece
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) waste (b) won (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) passed (b) toe (c) whole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) meet (b) steel (c) berry
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) week (b) meet (c) mist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) plane (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) mail
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) plain (b) heel (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sell (b) dear (c) eight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tail (b) night (c) knew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) blue (b) one (c) knot
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sun (b) sail (c) grown
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) hear (c) berry
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) rows
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) maid (b) here (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) waist (b) ate (c) blue
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) write
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) son (c) made
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) tow (b) road (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) tow (b) past (c) their
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) meet (b) bear (c) tail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) blue (b) meet (c) dear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) brake (b) mail (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) know (b) knot (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) brake (c) sun

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. peace
  3. mist
  4. heal
  5. there
  6. son
  7. meat
  8. tail
  9. write
  10. waste
  11. groan
  12. steel
  13. new
  14. flower
  15. blew
  16. bare
  17. won
  18. whole
  19. berry
  20. mist
  21. sun
  22. toe
  23. flour
  24. eight
  25. knew
  26. one
  27. grown
  28. plane
  29. rows
  30. here
  31. ate
  32. knot
  33. heel
  34. road
  35. past
  36. tail
  37. dear
  38. see
  39. pair
  40. bury

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