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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 759 · 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 “steel”? (a) bury (b) steal (c) blue
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) plane (b) meat (c) past
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) meat (c) flu
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) passed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) their (b) waist (c) flu
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) son (b) night (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) wait (b) meet (c) buy
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) bury (c) maid
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) deer (b) made (c) mail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) eight (c) son
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) meat (c) aloud
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) new (b) tail (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) heal (b) sail (c) break
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) not (c) rode
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) sale (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) night (b) won (c) peace
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) mist (b) tow (c) pair
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) eight (b) knight (c) waist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) son (b) pair (c) sea
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) heal (b) groan (c) pair
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) bury (b) male (c) eight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) bury (b) flew (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) by (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) berry (b) right (c) rode
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) piece (b) male (c) one
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) past
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) past (b) tow (c) knew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) hear (b) ate (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) night (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) not (b) here (c) male
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) rose (c) plain
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) bare (b) write (c) meet
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) right (b) dear (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) piece (b) blew (c) new
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) night (c) passed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) mail (b) not (c) flower
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) passed (c) knot
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flour (b) week (c) knew

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. meat
  3. passed
  4. passed
  5. flu
  6. toe
  7. night
  8. buy
  9. know
  10. mail
  11. dear
  12. no
  13. tail
  14. break
  15. hear
  16. see
  17. peace
  18. pair
  19. waist
  20. sea
  21. groan
  22. eight
  23. flew
  24. groan
  25. right
  26. one
  27. hole
  28. tow
  29. ate
  30. steal
  31. road
  32. male
  33. knot
  34. meet
  35. dear
  36. new
  37. maid
  38. flower
  39. steel
  40. knew

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