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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 862 · 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 “right”? (a) berry (b) write (c) week
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) bury (b) steal (c) bear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) aloud
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) knot (b) pear (c) sale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) passed (c) night
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) peace (b) weak (c) passed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sail (b) tow (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) sun (b) groan (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) plain
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) peace (b) blue (c) tow
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) aloud (c) steal
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) grown (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) no (b) won (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) mail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) tow (b) blew (c) road
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) missed (b) hole (c) meat
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) missed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) son (b) night (c) write
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) toe (b) sail (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) brake (b) sun (c) male
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) steel (b) heel (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) right (c) by
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) tail (b) sail (c) rose
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) missed (c) not
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) tale (b) cell (c) sail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) break
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) weak (b) right (c) tail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) past (b) piece (c) waste
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) groan (b) see (c) new
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) pair (c) see
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) their (b) cell (c) son
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) tail (c) rode
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) hear (b) maid (c) son
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) week (c) rode
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sea (b) weak (c) sail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) tow
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) tale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) buy (c) sail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) dear (b) no (c) rode
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) flour (c) meet

Answer key

  1. write
  2. steal
  3. aloud
  4. sale
  5. won
  6. weak
  7. their
  8. groan
  9. hear
  10. blue
  11. no
  12. whole
  13. mist
  14. mail
  15. road
  16. meat
  17. missed
  18. night
  19. flower
  20. sun
  21. plain
  22. berry
  23. sail
  24. new
  25. sail
  26. break
  27. right
  28. waste
  29. see
  30. son
  31. son
  32. waste
  33. maid
  34. deer
  35. weak
  36. sea
  37. tale
  38. bury
  39. rode
  40. passed

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