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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 91 · 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 “peace”? (a) piece (b) meet (c) tow
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) heel (b) tow (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flew (b) cell (c) blew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) steal (b) sun (c) blue
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) their (b) flower (c) heal
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) tale (b) their (c) steal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) steal (b) meat (c) mist
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) waste (b) break (c) flower
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) made (b) by (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) no (b) knew (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) weak (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) toe (c) write
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) new (b) sail (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) sell (c) by
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) road (b) know (c) plain
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) steal (c) by
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) knot (b) sea (c) toe
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) steal (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) plain (b) night (c) peace
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) knight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tail (b) right (c) waist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) steal (b) maid (c) hole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) knew (b) rows (c) deer
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) sun (c) mist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rode (b) knew (c) blew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) berry (b) write (c) wait
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) past (c) missed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) knot (c) bury
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) see (b) blew (c) ate
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) night
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) son (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) buy (b) plain (c) meet
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) one (b) rose (c) aloud
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) steel (b) sell (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flour (b) bare (c) male
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) piece (c) flu
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) ate (b) flew (c) here
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) meat (c) ate
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) whole (b) right (c) new

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. son
  3. blew
  4. sun
  5. heal
  6. steal
  7. meat
  8. break
  9. passed
  10. berry
  11. bury
  12. pair
  13. sail
  14. see
  15. know
  16. road
  17. toe
  18. made
  19. peace
  20. knight
  21. waist
  22. maid
  23. deer
  24. blue
  25. knew
  26. write
  27. flu
  28. road
  29. ate
  30. night
  31. missed
  32. plain
  33. aloud
  34. groan
  35. sell
  36. male
  37. tow
  38. here
  39. buy
  40. right

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