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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 851 · 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 “mail”? (a) male (b) night (c) steel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) their (b) tail (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) pair (c) hear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) peace (b) plain (c) ate
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) write (b) know (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) no (b) tail (c) here
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) brake (b) sun (c) eight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) ate (c) tale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) bury (b) won (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) break (b) tale (c) plane
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) heel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) missed (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) dear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) knot (b) heal (c) groan
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) aloud (b) bury (c) mist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) toe (c) peace
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) won
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) son (c) new
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) night (b) road (c) one
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) night (b) blue (c) brake
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) made (c) tale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flu (b) grown (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) grown (b) male (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) flower (c) heel
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) knew (b) buy (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) week (b) pair (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) their (b) right (c) tail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) rose (c) hole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) mist (c) allowed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) meat (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) know (b) piece (c) bare
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) whole (c) new
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) heel (b) hear (c) write
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) peace (b) one (c) sun
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) blue (b) peace (c) sea
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) groan (b) sale (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) made (b) deer (c) sale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) weak (c) plane
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) plain (b) berry (c) tale

Answer key

  1. male
  2. tail
  3. new
  4. ate
  5. know
  6. here
  7. sun
  8. mail
  9. won
  10. plane
  11. heel
  12. won
  13. tow
  14. dear
  15. heal
  16. bury
  17. bury
  18. knot
  19. see
  20. one
  21. blue
  22. blue
  23. grown
  24. male
  25. rows
  26. buy
  27. peace
  28. right
  29. steel
  30. not
  31. flour
  32. piece
  33. waist
  34. hear
  35. one
  36. sea
  37. sale
  38. sale
  39. berry
  40. tale

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