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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 785 · 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) passed (b) steal (c) son
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) made (b) brake (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) hole (b) ate (c) brake
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) one (b) piece (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) steel (b) missed (c) maid
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) dear (b) grown (c) tow
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) knight (b) flour (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) meat (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) tale (b) know (c) meet
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sea (c) sail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) ate (b) write (c) night
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) night (b) knot (c) deer
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) blew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) son (b) cell (c) here
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) ate (b) sun (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) plain (b) heal (c) road
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) ate (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) meet (c) sail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) toe (c) bare
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) weight (b) plane (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) by (c) blew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) steel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) meat (b) waste (c) flu
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) cell (b) toe (c) plane
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) hole
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) mail (c) heal
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) night (c) tail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) there (b) missed (c) one
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) plane (c) eight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) right (b) rows (c) plain
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) rose (b) right (c) knew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) flower (b) aloud (c) road
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) heal (b) new (c) break
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) hole (b) sell (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) flew (b) their (c) peace
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flu (b) by (c) toe
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flew (b) not (c) sun
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) break (c) toe
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) passed (b) mail (c) flour
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) sail (c) buy

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. blue
  3. ate
  4. knight
  5. maid
  6. grown
  7. sale
  8. sale
  9. know
  10. weak
  11. night
  12. knot
  13. blew
  14. here
  15. meat
  16. heal
  17. blew
  18. waist
  19. right
  20. flu
  21. their
  22. berry
  23. waste
  24. plane
  25. bury
  26. tail
  27. groan
  28. missed
  29. piece
  30. plain
  31. knew
  32. road
  33. new
  34. flour
  35. peace
  36. toe
  37. not
  38. their
  39. mail
  40. dear

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