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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 121 · 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 “new”? (a) knew (b) night (c) tail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) grown (b) passed (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) new (b) flew (c) male
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) meet (b) whole (c) cell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) rode (c) buy
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) flower (b) blue (c) past
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) see (b) wait (c) bare
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) tale (b) pear (c) dear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) son (b) flu (c) tail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) there (b) tail (c) steal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) bare (c) no
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) steel (b) bury (c) plain
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) sale (c) male
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) made (b) see (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) new (c) blew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) break
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) steal (b) rose (c) here
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) hear (c) wait
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) by (c) wait
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) missed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bare (b) rode (c) tale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) see (b) blew (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) rode (c) knot
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) grown (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) tow (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) one (b) waste (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) groan (c) sail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) son (c) passed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) knot (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) night (b) toe (c) here
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) see (c) grown
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) right (b) steel (c) son
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) male (b) see (c) hole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) meet (b) flower (c) weight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) meat (b) won (c) cell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) rode (c) by
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) aloud (b) piece (c) past
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) past (c) meet
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) no (c) flew
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) grown (b) ate (c) weight

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. week
  3. flew
  4. whole
  5. not
  6. blue
  7. bare
  8. dear
  9. tail
  10. steal
  11. berry
  12. plain
  13. past
  14. see
  15. toe
  16. pair
  17. rose
  18. past
  19. made
  20. hear
  21. tale
  22. blew
  23. one
  24. dear
  25. whole
  26. waste
  27. peace
  28. heal
  29. blew
  30. here
  31. son
  32. steel
  33. see
  34. flower
  35. cell
  36. sun
  37. piece
  38. knight
  39. weak
  40. ate

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