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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 134 · 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 “flu”? (a) flew (b) toe (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) blue (c) aloud
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) sun (c) missed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) flu (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) wait (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) grown (b) eight (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) made (b) write (c) pear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) bare (b) rose (c) there
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) pair (c) flu
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) bare (b) not (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) missed (b) there (c) past
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) pair
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rode (b) groan (c) rows
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) passed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) peace (c) knot
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) buy
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) piece (b) night (c) knot
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) tow (c) tale
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) piece (c) waist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) plain (b) aloud (c) week
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) male (b) tail (c) brake
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) bare
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) hear (b) break (c) male
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) passed (b) dear (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) no (b) toe (c) berry
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) wait (b) son (c) here
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) new (b) knot (c) flew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) dear (b) bury (c) rose
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) hear (b) tail (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) dear (c) knot
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) their (b) week (c) heel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) blew (b) dear (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) sail (c) knew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) blue (b) passed (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) pair (c) meat
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) male
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) bare (b) son (c) road
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) night (b) heal (c) sun
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) new (b) sun (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) maid (b) mail (c) eight

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. missed
  3. rows
  4. hear
  5. their
  6. eight
  7. pear
  8. rose
  9. write
  10. not
  11. there
  12. pair
  13. rows
  14. aloud
  15. blew
  16. buy
  17. night
  18. allowed
  19. won
  20. aloud
  21. brake
  22. bare
  23. break
  24. buy
  25. berry
  26. son
  27. knot
  28. bury
  29. not
  30. hear
  31. week
  32. plain
  33. pair
  34. passed
  35. bury
  36. male
  37. road
  38. heal
  39. write
  40. mail

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