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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 863 · 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 “peace”? (a) steal (b) missed (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) berry (b) bare (c) knot
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) there
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) aloud (b) rows (c) tail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) no (b) maid (c) mail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) flower (b) brake (c) meat
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) night (b) sell (c) allowed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) made (b) here (c) mist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) not (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) there (b) sale (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) their (b) tale (c) aloud
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rode (b) whole (c) bare
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) male (b) knot (c) by
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) passed (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) piece (c) there
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) blue (b) brake (c) their
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) pair (b) plain (c) there
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) new (b) not (c) past
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) ate (b) son (c) pear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) blue (b) sale (c) steel
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) road (b) new (c) not
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) rode
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) pair (b) right (c) here
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) right (b) tow (c) heal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) rows (c) flower
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) bear (b) sell (c) meat
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) hole (b) their (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) tail (b) aloud (c) buy
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) brake (b) eight (c) waste
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) dear (b) flu (c) blue
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) weak (b) there (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) their (b) break (c) write
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) won (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sun (b) right (c) sell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) pear (b) tow (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) cell (b) waist (c) whole
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) flower (b) male (c) pear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flower (b) knight (c) past
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) right (b) plain (c) steal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) steal (b) plane (c) won

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. knot
  3. bare
  4. rows
  5. mail
  6. meat
  7. sell
  8. here
  9. right
  10. sun
  11. tale
  12. bare
  13. knot
  14. deer
  15. rose
  16. brake
  17. there
  18. not
  19. son
  20. steel
  21. new
  22. rode
  23. right
  24. heal
  25. sea
  26. meat
  27. brake
  28. buy
  29. eight
  30. blue
  31. there
  32. write
  33. new
  34. sell
  35. tow
  36. waist
  37. pear
  38. knight
  39. steal
  40. plane

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