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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 161 · 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 “sail”? (a) flu (b) sale (c) aloud
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) write (c) missed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) heel (c) flew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) tow (b) not (c) weight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) weight (b) flower (c) mist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) wait (b) heal (c) maid
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) flower (b) blue (c) steal
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) sea (b) ate (c) cell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) there (b) groan (c) not
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sea (b) by (c) sail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) won (c) week
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) break (b) made (c) pear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) missed (b) son (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tow (b) weak (c) sun
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) heal (b) plain (c) night
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) see (b) male (c) rose
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) sale
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) night (c) ate
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) grown (b) flower (c) blew
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) deer (c) allowed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sail (b) past (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) new (b) berry (c) aloud
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) toe
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) groan (b) aloud (c) break
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) blew (c) steel
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) toe
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) blue (b) rows (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) knight (c) sail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) night (c) blue
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flower (b) flew (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) peace (b) sail (c) knew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) berry (b) new (c) week
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) allowed (b) tale (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) by (b) weight (c) road
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) missed (c) male
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) toe (b) pair (c) grown
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) tail (c) wait
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flu (b) know (c) toe

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. missed
  3. flower
  4. buy
  5. weight
  6. mist
  7. heal
  8. steal
  9. cell
  10. not
  11. sail
  12. piece
  13. made
  14. son
  15. weak
  16. plain
  17. male
  18. hear
  19. know
  20. blew
  21. flew
  22. eight
  23. wait
  24. berry
  25. toe
  26. break
  27. blew
  28. dear
  29. sun
  30. not
  31. brake
  32. flew
  33. knew
  34. week
  35. meet
  36. weight
  37. rose
  38. pair
  39. flour
  40. toe

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