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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 886 · 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 “meat”? (a) break (b) meet (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) one (c) ate
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) brake (b) blew (c) night
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) there
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sail (b) piece (c) right
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) berry (c) whole
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) sale (c) cell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) meat (b) tow (c) sea
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) son (b) mail (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) bury (b) groan (c) tow
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) night (c) week
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) buy (c) road
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) pair (c) week
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) plain (b) week (c) here
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) write (c) new
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) rose (b) wait (c) buy
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) son (b) flour (c) toe
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) deer (c) peace
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) hole (b) brake (c) pear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) week (b) meet (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) son (b) heal (c) by
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) won (c) weak
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) plain (c) passed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) not (b) sun (c) see
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) rows (c) no
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) pair (b) aloud (c) there
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) see (b) son (c) sale
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) one (b) past (c) tale
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) deer (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) sea
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) male (b) see (c) rode
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) flour (b) groan (c) mist
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) break (b) meat (c) hole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) flower (b) night (c) sell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) hole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) whole (b) right (c) see
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) sell (b) deer (c) made
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) plain (b) week (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) won (b) sale (c) toe
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) flew

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. male
  3. night
  4. there
  5. piece
  6. passed
  7. grown
  8. sea
  9. piece
  10. tow
  11. toe
  12. steel
  13. missed
  14. here
  15. hear
  16. buy
  17. toe
  18. mail
  19. brake
  20. meet
  21. by
  22. road
  23. waste
  24. sun
  25. waste
  26. there
  27. sale
  28. past
  29. aloud
  30. sea
  31. see
  32. mist
  33. meat
  34. sell
  35. hole
  36. right
  37. made
  38. flour
  39. sale
  40. maid

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