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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 782 · 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 “steal”? (a) mist (b) steel (c) bury
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) tow (c) heel
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flew (b) flour (c) blew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) knew (c) mist
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) past (c) allowed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) groan (c) no
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) berry (b) sun (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) heel (b) weight (c) knot
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) their (c) week
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) their (b) hole (c) by
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) male (c) road
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) night (c) rows
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) flower (c) tale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tail (b) flower (c) here
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) by (b) deer (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) sail (b) deer (c) flour
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) weight (b) heel (c) tow
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) by (b) dear (c) passed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) knot (c) knew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) bear (b) weight (c) tow
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) flu (b) steal (c) road
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) road (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) knight (b) flower (c) wait
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) tow (b) knew (c) piece
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) deer (b) see (c) bare
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) toe (b) here (c) aloud
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) one (b) tale (c) heel
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) whole (c) maid
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) sale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) mail (b) piece (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) weight (c) steal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) no (b) not (c) peace
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) peace (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) deer (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) son (b) night (c) new
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) weight (b) flour (c) peace
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) son (b) hole (c) mail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) son (b) tail (c) heal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) flower (b) son (c) plane

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. brake
  3. blew
  4. sun
  5. week
  6. knot
  7. rows
  8. weight
  9. rows
  10. by
  11. weak
  12. past
  13. sell
  14. here
  15. eight
  16. deer
  17. heel
  18. passed
  19. their
  20. tow
  21. road
  22. rose
  23. flower
  24. knew
  25. bare
  26. pear
  27. here
  28. heel
  29. won
  30. ate
  31. night
  32. son
  33. not
  34. right
  35. sale
  36. new
  37. peace
  38. mail
  39. tail
  40. son

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