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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 777 · 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) blew (b) bear (c) steal
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) hole (b) steel (c) rose
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) buy (b) eight (c) hole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) sail (b) sell (c) road
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) male (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) meat (b) son (c) rode
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) night (c) plane
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) see
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) meat (b) right (c) son
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) see (b) toe (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knot (b) dear (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) piece (b) no (c) week
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) flower (c) know
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) plain (b) meat (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) deer (b) blew (c) tow
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) grown (c) peace
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) berry (b) past (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) right (b) here (c) road
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) brake (b) heel (c) rows
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) know (b) meat (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) piece (b) berry (c) male
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) bear (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) plane (b) know (c) steel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sea (b) flour (c) sale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) bear (b) there (c) blue
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) piece
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) mist (b) weight (c) plain
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) hear (b) break (c) sun
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) mist (b) dear (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) wait (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) ate
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) peace (c) steel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) cell (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) bare (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) aloud (b) son (c) heal
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) brake (b) weak (c) whole
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) sale (c) knot
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) right (b) grown (c) maid
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) knew (b) weight (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) plain (b) flower (c) male

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. steel
  3. eight
  4. road
  5. tail
  6. rode
  7. new
  8. bear
  9. son
  10. past
  11. flour
  12. no
  13. new
  14. flu
  15. blew
  16. rode
  17. see
  18. here
  19. rows
  20. meat
  21. berry
  22. passed
  23. know
  24. flour
  25. blue
  26. piece
  27. plain
  28. break
  29. night
  30. week
  31. ate
  32. brake
  33. brake
  34. break
  35. heal
  36. whole
  37. steal
  38. grown
  39. tail
  40. flower

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