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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 82 · 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 “missed”? (a) rows (b) sail (c) mist
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) steel (c) aloud
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) bare (b) sea (c) hole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) bury (b) pear (c) mist
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) mist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) wait (b) piece (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) brake (c) bear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) whole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) sea (b) won (c) mail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) meet (b) heel (c) male
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) brake (b) hear (c) sail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) past (b) blue (c) here
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) waste (c) eight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) allowed (b) pear (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) meet (c) know
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) won (b) night (c) pear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) meat (c) not
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sell (b) meet (c) aloud
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) meet (c) pair
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) know (c) brake
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) flu (c) son
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) hear (c) rows
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) peace (c) hole
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) deer (b) rode (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) write (b) steal (c) won
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) blue (c) hear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) knew (c) here
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) pair (b) tail (c) whole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) write (b) toe (c) sail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) brake (c) mail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) male (c) knot
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) bare (b) won (c) there
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) mist (b) rode (c) steal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) by (b) right (c) meat
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) their (b) missed (c) night
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) pair (c) mist
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) break (b) mist (c) grown
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) blue (c) steel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) groan
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) break (b) here (c) knot

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. past
  3. hole
  4. pear
  5. sun
  6. piece
  7. knew
  8. allowed
  9. mail
  10. male
  11. hear
  12. blue
  13. no
  14. knight
  15. steel
  16. night
  17. aloud
  18. meet
  19. write
  20. sun
  21. rows
  22. there
  23. rows
  24. rode
  25. won
  26. waist
  27. steel
  28. whole
  29. toe
  30. dear
  31. their
  32. won
  33. steal
  34. right
  35. missed
  36. hear
  37. grown
  38. not
  39. rode
  40. here

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