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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 774 · 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) knight (b) tale (c) sell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) pear (b) new (c) knot
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) steal (c) blew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) weak (b) berry (c) won
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) grown
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) wait (b) meat (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) won (b) night (c) see
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) knight (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) sail (c) waste
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) steel (b) sun (c) one
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) knew (c) toe
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) there (c) flour
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) blew (c) deer
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) bury (b) male (c) steel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) made (b) flour (c) know
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) new (c) waist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) not (b) piece (c) road
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) pair (c) knot
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) knew (c) ate
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) break (b) tow (c) flour
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) night (b) grown (c) sail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flour (b) waist (c) their
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) right (b) weight (c) made
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) maid
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) hear (b) one (c) know
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) mist
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flew (b) maid (c) knight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) flew (b) their (c) break
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) weight (b) dear (c) bear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) whole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) plain (b) weak (c) sea
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) deer (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) rode (c) heel
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) blew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) knew (b) passed (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) meet (b) mist (c) tail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) tow (b) weak (c) no
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) dear

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. new
  3. male
  4. berry
  5. passed
  6. meat
  7. see
  8. mail
  9. male
  10. sun
  11. hole
  12. brake
  13. sale
  14. steel
  15. flour
  16. ate
  17. piece
  18. one
  19. not
  20. tow
  21. sail
  22. their
  23. made
  24. maid
  25. know
  26. mist
  27. no
  28. maid
  29. break
  30. bear
  31. whole
  32. weak
  33. bare
  34. aloud
  35. knight
  36. allowed
  37. passed
  38. mist
  39. no
  40. dear

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