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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 77 · 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 “sale”? (a) heal (b) mail (c) sail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) buy (b) steal (c) sale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) deer
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) knight (b) bury (c) dear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) steal
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) berry (b) there (c) write
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) piece (b) buy (c) rose
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) tale (b) week (c) one
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) heel (b) groan (c) not
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) aloud (b) sea (c) weight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) write (b) tow (c) knight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) son (c) buy
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) son (b) cell (c) sea
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) weak (b) break (c) tale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) won (b) piece (c) flour
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) piece (c) groan
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) brake (b) new (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) their (b) see (c) knew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) see (b) weight (c) flour
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) weight (b) hole (c) bear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) hear (c) brake
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) pair (c) aloud
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) no (b) deer (c) mist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) rode (b) peace (c) pair
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flu (b) blew (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) allowed (c) here
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) one (b) plane (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) dear (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bare (b) there (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) bear (b) know (c) flew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) rows
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) son (c) right
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) waste (b) deer (c) weak
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) flower (b) blue (c) cell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) won (b) sail (c) plane
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) meat
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) brake (b) see (c) flower
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) meat (c) toe
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) week (b) peace (c) meat

Answer key

  1. sail
  2. sale
  3. deer
  4. bury
  5. sea
  6. write
  7. buy
  8. one
  9. not
  10. knight
  11. sea
  12. knight
  13. night
  14. cell
  15. tale
  16. piece
  17. weight
  18. male
  19. see
  20. flour
  21. hole
  22. meet
  23. right
  24. deer
  25. peace
  26. blew
  27. steel
  28. maid
  29. here
  30. there
  31. flew
  32. blue
  33. flour
  34. weak
  35. blue
  36. plane
  37. brake
  38. see
  39. tail
  40. meat

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