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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 868 · 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 “heel”? (a) heal (b) knew (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) heal (b) piece (c) male
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) tail (b) knight (c) heel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flower (b) know (c) hole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sun (b) one (c) hear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) there (b) male (c) pair
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) steal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) bare (b) right (c) plane
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sea (b) flew (c) their
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) missed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) weak (b) meet (c) rows
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) not (c) rows
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) tail (b) here (c) sale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) berry (b) peace (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) steel (c) maid
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) weak (b) here (c) waist
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) heel (b) steal (c) eight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) son (c) weight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) maid (b) here (c) knot
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sale (b) know (c) buy
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) rose (b) steal (c) dear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sun (b) sale (c) dear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) aloud (c) heel
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) aloud (c) night
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sea (b) piece (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) meat
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) grown (b) not (c) write
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) made (b) flower (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) their (b) mist (c) grown
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) passed (b) meet (c) road
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) mist (b) made (c) wait
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) meat (b) male (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) blew (b) missed (c) steel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) blue
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) plane (b) not (c) male
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sale (b) mail (c) sun
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) male (b) there (c) made
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) tail (b) rode (c) night
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) flew (c) dear

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. piece
  3. heel
  4. hole
  5. hear
  6. pair
  7. waste
  8. right
  9. their
  10. sea
  11. cell
  12. meet
  13. rode
  14. here
  15. night
  16. knight
  17. waist
  18. steal
  19. tale
  20. knot
  21. buy
  22. steal
  23. sale
  24. dear
  25. by
  26. piece
  27. meat
  28. write
  29. flower
  30. grown
  31. road
  32. made
  33. bare
  34. steel
  35. meet
  36. not
  37. sun
  38. there
  39. rode
  40. sail

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