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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 904 · 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 “steel”? (a) meat (b) steal (c) allowed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) sell (b) berry (c) whole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) maid (b) knight (c) meet
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) plain
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) flour (c) rose
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bare (b) allowed (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) son (b) rose (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) knew (b) knot (c) their
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) new (b) missed (c) eight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) see (b) hole (c) knot
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) knot (b) ate (c) sail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) wait (c) rode
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) meat (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) hole (b) there (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) no
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) plane (b) blew (c) maid
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) wait (b) write (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) rose (b) by (c) new
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) sell (c) rose
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) night (b) past (c) male
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) brake (c) pair
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) hear (b) peace (c) by
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) steel (b) no (c) toe
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) bare (b) brake (c) one
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) bury (c) hole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) new (b) past (c) maid
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) flower (c) right
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) flower (c) won
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) see (c) tail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) sun (b) right (c) meet
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) pair (b) sun (c) flew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) mist (b) meat (c) tale
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) hear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tail (b) aloud (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) flew (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) heel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) sale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) flew (b) steel (c) hole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) tow (c) plain
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) weak (b) meat (c) weight

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. whole
  3. meet
  4. bear
  5. weight
  6. see
  7. rose
  8. their
  9. missed
  10. hole
  11. sail
  12. bury
  13. break
  14. there
  15. peace
  16. maid
  17. write
  18. new
  19. know
  20. male
  21. flu
  22. by
  23. no
  24. brake
  25. pear
  26. maid
  27. ate
  28. hear
  29. made
  30. right
  31. sun
  32. meat
  33. dear
  34. knew
  35. no
  36. bear
  37. sale
  38. steel
  39. heel
  40. meat

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