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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 94 · 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 “tow”? (a) sun (b) not (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) flew (b) past (c) blue
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) missed (b) son (c) dear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) passed (b) whole (c) knight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) heal (b) steal (c) meet
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) mail (b) bury (c) heel
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) knight (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) weight (b) toe (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) steel (b) piece (c) groan
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) write (b) steel (c) plane
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) waist (b) tale (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) here (b) plain (c) hole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sale (b) male (c) missed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) missed (b) weight (c) right
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) toe (b) plane (c) passed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) no (b) whole (c) night
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) bare (c) buy
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) heel (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) whole (b) heel (c) won
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) flew (c) son
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) male (b) steel (c) son
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) break (c) meat
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) see (b) berry (c) brake
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) there (b) maid (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sale (b) blew (c) waist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) mist (c) right
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) allowed (c) berry
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) wait (b) one (c) heal
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) ate (b) rose (c) waste
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) road (c) tow
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) heel (b) break (c) sale
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) missed (b) weak (c) knew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) toe (b) tail (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) deer (b) male (c) sea
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) plane (c) peace
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) missed (b) steal (c) whole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) weak (b) peace (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) flour (c) cell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) no (c) one

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. past
  3. dear
  4. knight
  5. meet
  6. heel
  7. eight
  8. night
  9. groan
  10. steel
  11. tale
  12. hole
  13. male
  14. weight
  15. passed
  16. whole
  17. aloud
  18. see
  19. won
  20. ate
  21. steel
  22. tale
  23. brake
  24. maid
  25. blew
  26. by
  27. brake
  28. heal
  29. meat
  30. waste
  31. mist
  32. break
  33. weak
  34. flour
  35. sea
  36. knot
  37. steal
  38. peace
  39. plane
  40. mail

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