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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 132 · 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 “flu”? (a) flew (b) flower (c) deer
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) weight (b) one (c) pear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) by (b) see (c) wait
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) plane (c) one
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) hole (c) here
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) new (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) whole (c) pair
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) pair (b) flu (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) see (c) tail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) past
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) aloud (b) waist (c) right
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) blue (c) buy
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) deer (b) here (c) not
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) not (b) flu (c) week
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) new (c) steal
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) brake (b) one (c) sea
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) piece (b) bury (c) flour
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) male (b) bury (c) meat
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) son (b) aloud (c) waste
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) knot (b) new (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sea (b) blew (c) steal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) blew (b) pair (c) knight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) bare (c) meet
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) hear (b) see (c) by
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) hole (c) allowed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) heal (c) flew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) tow (b) knot (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) sun (b) steel (c) whole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) meet (c) cell
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) no (c) deer
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) made (b) plain (c) cell
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) right (b) sun (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) deer (c) steal
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) sail (b) wait (c) missed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) bury (b) hole (c) one
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) knot (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) whole (b) tail (c) mist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) no (b) sun (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) weak (b) past (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) bear (b) waist (c) sell

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. pear
  3. wait
  4. son
  5. steal
  6. heal
  7. know
  8. mail
  9. blue
  10. heel
  11. right
  12. passed
  13. not
  14. flu
  15. see
  16. sea
  17. bury
  18. bury
  19. waste
  20. new
  21. blew
  22. knight
  23. piece
  24. by
  25. grown
  26. tow
  27. knot
  28. steel
  29. missed
  30. buy
  31. cell
  32. ate
  33. cell
  34. missed
  35. hole
  36. no
  37. mist
  38. sun
  39. past
  40. sell

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