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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 871 · 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 “tale”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) deer
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) sea (c) flew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) knight (c) steal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) knight (c) piece
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) rose (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sea (b) sell (c) brake
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) know (b) rows (c) peace
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) mist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) there (c) week
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) waist (b) bare (c) bury
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) past (c) know
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) waist (c) deer
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) pair (b) waist (c) whole
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) weak (b) bare (c) see
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) wait
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) steal (b) flu (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) grown (b) sale (c) berry
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) buy (b) passed (c) heal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) meat (c) flu
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) buy (b) weak (c) sale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) night (b) week (c) one
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) flu (b) male (c) tale
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) knot (c) bare
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) meet (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) mist (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) mist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) new
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) road (b) tail (c) whole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sell (b) pear (c) sail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) mail (b) deer (c) steel
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) rode
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) knot (c) heel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) eight (b) weak (c) made
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flower (c) aloud
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) hear (b) flew (c) meet
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) groan (c) there
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) flu
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) allowed (b) whole (c) hear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) rode (b) deer (c) steal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) flower (c) road

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. by
  3. know
  4. past
  5. dear
  6. brake
  7. peace
  8. mist
  9. waist
  10. bury
  11. deer
  12. one
  13. waist
  14. see
  15. plane
  16. bare
  17. berry
  18. heal
  19. rose
  20. weak
  21. week
  22. tale
  23. flour
  24. flu
  25. passed
  26. mail
  27. new
  28. whole
  29. sail
  30. steel
  31. rode
  32. know
  33. made
  34. plain
  35. flew
  36. steel
  37. ate
  38. whole
  39. deer
  40. here

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