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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 120 · 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 “new”? (a) bare (b) knew (c) rode
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) here (b) heel (c) weak
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) new
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) male (b) passed (c) made
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) bear (b) flower (c) sell
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) not (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) mail (c) new
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) made (b) cell (c) not
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) blew (b) meet (c) by
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) toe (b) steal (c) plane
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) pear (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) blew (b) sell (c) aloud
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) their (b) aloud (c) sail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) steal (b) write (c) flower
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) sell (c) road
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) see (b) knight (c) right
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) son (b) sale (c) rode
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) waste (b) sell (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) brake
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flew (b) heal (c) brake
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) hear (b) their (c) brake
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) meat (b) here (c) right
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) write (c) blue
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) tow (b) maid (c) steal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) write (b) sea (c) made
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) piece
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) sea (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) allowed (b) sell (c) knew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) weak (c) their
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sale (b) son (c) flew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) sail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) brake (b) toe (c) dear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) mist (b) tow (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) one (b) there (c) missed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) one (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sea (b) rose (c) flu
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) rode (b) whole (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) dear (c) right
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) cell (b) sale (c) road
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) break (b) blue (c) dear

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. weak
  3. grown
  4. passed
  5. flower
  6. son
  7. week
  8. not
  9. by
  10. steal
  11. ate
  12. sell
  13. aloud
  14. write
  15. won
  16. knight
  17. rode
  18. blew
  19. maid
  20. brake
  21. brake
  22. right
  23. waste
  24. steal
  25. sea
  26. flower
  27. bare
  28. knew
  29. mail
  30. flew
  31. sun
  32. dear
  33. heal
  34. missed
  35. sea
  36. flu
  37. whole
  38. flour
  39. road
  40. dear

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