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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 99 · 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 “ate”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) groan
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) night (c) passed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) tale (c) weak
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) wait (b) bury (c) deer
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) piece (b) knew (c) flu
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) brake
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) by (b) waist (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) berry
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) past (b) deer (c) heel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) meat (b) mist (c) tale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) week (b) blew (c) plain
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) there (b) won (c) bury
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) blew (b) right (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) buy (b) no (c) hear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) mail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) road (b) groan (c) steel
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) there (c) night
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) eight (c) groan
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) right (b) dear (c) rode
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) aloud (b) tail (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) missed (b) allowed (c) weak
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) right (b) son (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) weight (b) piece (c) see
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) past (b) hole (c) rose
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) tale (b) here (c) piece
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) plane (b) knot (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) weak
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) one (b) passed (c) mist
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) hear (b) road (c) sail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) heal (b) week (c) hear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) meat (b) by (c) sell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) hear (c) knew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) not (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) knight (c) waist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) peace (b) cell (c) steel
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) their (b) weight (c) steel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) knight (c) mist
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) their (b) ate (c) weight

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. tow
  3. ate
  4. deer
  5. flu
  6. brake
  7. eight
  8. berry
  9. heel
  10. mist
  11. blew
  12. won
  13. right
  14. hear
  15. mail
  16. steel
  17. meet
  18. male
  19. dear
  20. bury
  21. weak
  22. son
  23. see
  24. rose
  25. piece
  26. knot
  27. meat
  28. see
  29. mist
  30. road
  31. hear
  32. by
  33. tale
  34. no
  35. flu
  36. steel
  37. weight
  38. blew
  39. sun
  40. weight

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