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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 830 · 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 “sea”? (a) see (b) knew (c) not
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) male (c) meet
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sail (b) cell (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) knew (b) there (c) see
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) pear (b) plain (c) blue
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) road (c) waste
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) no
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) piece (b) pear (c) mist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) night (b) piece (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) waste (b) plane (c) new
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) heal (b) meet (c) bare
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) son (b) their (c) waist
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) heal (c) peace
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) maid (b) blue (c) steel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tale (b) one (c) missed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) here (c) son
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sail (b) buy (c) grown
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) flower (c) plain
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) by (b) ate (c) meet
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) no
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) piece
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) piece (b) rode (c) right
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) their (c) not
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) peace (b) write (c) sale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) berry (b) past (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flu (b) steel (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) buy (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) write (b) steal (c) by
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) break (b) maid (c) right
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) not (b) sea (c) road
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) by (b) blew (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) hole (b) allowed (c) sell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) cell (b) right (c) brake
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) hole (b) allowed (c) passed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) heel (b) waste (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rode (b) waste (c) rows
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) break (b) male (c) by
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) meat (c) ate
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) peace (b) ate (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) rows (c) heel

Answer key

  1. see
  2. heal
  3. knight
  4. there
  5. plain
  6. groan
  7. no
  8. pear
  9. piece
  10. new
  11. bare
  12. waist
  13. dear
  14. steel
  15. one
  16. weight
  17. buy
  18. male
  19. ate
  20. no
  21. piece
  22. right
  23. know
  24. write
  25. past
  26. steel
  27. peace
  28. by
  29. maid
  30. sea
  31. blew
  32. sell
  33. brake
  34. passed
  35. grown
  36. rows
  37. male
  38. son
  39. ate
  40. blew

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