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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 881 · 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 “meet”? (a) night (b) meat (c) there
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) there (b) allowed (c) buy
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) piece (c) heal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knot (b) tale (c) one
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) right (b) know (c) sun
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) one (b) road (c) waist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) plain (b) ate (c) flour
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) deer (b) steal (c) pear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) tow (b) weak (c) steal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) here (b) new (c) hole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) cell (b) tale (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meet (b) male (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) cell (b) dear (c) piece
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) waste (b) right (c) deer
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) one (b) son (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) see (b) break (c) new
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) steel (b) weak (c) meat
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) deer (b) rows (c) waste
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) waste (c) ate
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) see (b) pair (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) knight (b) see (c) blue
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) past (b) knot (c) eight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) cell (b) blew (c) allowed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bear (b) son (c) berry
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) flew (b) no (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) their (b) berry (c) steel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) peace (b) knight (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) grown
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) tail (c) passed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) right
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) tail (b) sail (c) sun
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) knight (b) son (c) dear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) pear (b) won (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) male (b) allowed (c) flu
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) passed (c) knight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sea (b) know (c) grown
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) night (b) one (c) see
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) plain (b) sell (c) right
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) plane (b) hear (c) flower
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) missed (b) plane (c) right

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. allowed
  3. eight
  4. one
  5. sun
  6. road
  7. ate
  8. steal
  9. weak
  10. new
  11. tale
  12. male
  13. dear
  14. right
  15. flower
  16. break
  17. weak
  18. waste
  19. won
  20. blue
  21. blue
  22. eight
  23. blew
  24. son
  25. no
  26. steel
  27. son
  28. mail
  29. sale
  30. steel
  31. sun
  32. dear
  33. won
  34. flu
  35. road
  36. know
  37. one
  38. right
  39. hear
  40. plane

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