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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 878 · 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 “blue”? (a) piece (b) right (c) blew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) cell (b) aloud (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) meat (b) right (c) their
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) aloud (b) piece (c) dear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) plain (c) aloud
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bear (b) by (c) maid
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) waist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) tale (c) son
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) ate (b) rode (c) meet
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) deer (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) mail (b) by (c) plain
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bare (b) tale (c) ate
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) plain (c) ate
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) bare (b) sale (c) piece
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) not (c) road
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) heel (b) son (c) not
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) bury (b) by (c) made
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) maid (c) mail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) bear (b) made (c) peace
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) tale (b) mail (c) knight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) hear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) not (b) by (c) wait
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) piece (b) waist (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) week (c) their
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) night (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) break (b) steal (c) cell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) heel (b) tale (c) by
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) break (c) sun
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) flu
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sea (b) their (c) write
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meat (b) wait (c) maid
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sail (b) male (c) meet
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) one (b) bury (c) mist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) knight (c) knot
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) weight (b) week (c) heel
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) plain (b) know (c) night
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) wait (b) buy (c) cell
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) aloud (c) road
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) male (b) son (c) rows
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rode (b) flower (c) write

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. blue
  3. right
  4. piece
  5. heel
  6. maid
  7. flower
  8. week
  9. rode
  10. knot
  11. plain
  12. tale
  13. steel
  14. piece
  15. meet
  16. not
  17. by
  18. ate
  19. made
  20. knight
  21. pear
  22. wait
  23. waist
  24. plane
  25. week
  26. steal
  27. tale
  28. allowed
  29. flu
  30. their
  31. maid
  32. male
  33. bury
  34. missed
  35. heel
  36. night
  37. buy
  38. flower
  39. rows
  40. write

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