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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 892 · 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 “knot”? (a) piece (b) not (c) hole
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) flour (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) male (c) sea
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) no (b) steel (c) sale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) brake (b) won (c) flu
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) made
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) missed (b) sale (c) toe
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) by
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hear (b) sun (c) meet
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) tow (c) rose
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) heel (c) road
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) tail (c) rows
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) week (b) dear (c) no
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) by (b) flower (c) heel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) tail (c) eight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) know (c) peace
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) passed (c) bear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) night (b) weak (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) hole (b) one (c) here
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) past (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) meat (b) son (c) road
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) see
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) groan (b) road (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) steel (b) sell (c) mist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) ate (b) one (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) tail (b) new (c) waste
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) new (c) there
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) their (c) tow
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) piece (b) here (c) hole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) allowed (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) steel (b) maid (c) male
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) deer
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pear (b) peace (c) flu
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) knight (c) heal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) piece (b) meat (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) road (b) plain (c) berry
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) hole (b) weight (c) past
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flew (b) by (c) know
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) know (c) brake
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) tail (c) won

Answer key

  1. not
  2. piece
  3. berry
  4. steel
  5. flu
  6. ate
  7. toe
  8. rode
  9. meet
  10. mail
  11. tale
  12. plane
  13. no
  14. heel
  15. waste
  16. night
  17. brake
  18. weak
  19. one
  20. son
  21. road
  22. rows
  23. road
  24. sell
  25. one
  26. new
  27. whole
  28. steal
  29. here
  30. tow
  31. maid
  32. aloud
  33. flu
  34. grown
  35. meat
  36. plain
  37. weight
  38. know
  39. here
  40. waste

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