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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 174 · 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 “grown”? (a) groan (b) ate (c) pear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) deer
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) mist (c) aloud
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) sun (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) blew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) mist (b) son (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) here (b) see (c) meat
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) bare (b) missed (c) rose
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) toe
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) their (b) sun (c) here
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) berry (c) hear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) missed (c) pair
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) buy (b) here (c) mail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) meet (b) passed (c) waste
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plain (b) rows (c) bear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) by (b) bare (c) know
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) passed (b) mist (c) waste
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) break (c) pear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) by (c) steel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) maid (b) deer (c) night
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) whole (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) rose (b) male (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) here (b) flu (c) tail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) deer (b) one (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) maid (c) piece
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) plain (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) not (b) knight (c) rose
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flew (b) piece (c) flour
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) plane (b) rode (c) new
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) see (b) male (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) grown (b) allowed (c) heal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) new (b) tail (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) tail (b) maid (c) new
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) flu (c) cell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) past (b) waist (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) bury (c) aloud
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) sun (b) male (c) heel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) blue (c) rode
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) wait

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. deer
  3. their
  4. meet
  5. weak
  6. son
  7. see
  8. missed
  9. toe
  10. sun
  11. road
  12. plain
  13. here
  14. passed
  15. bear
  16. bare
  17. waste
  18. dear
  19. steel
  20. night
  21. here
  22. sea
  23. pair
  24. flu
  25. flu
  26. meat
  27. dear
  28. rose
  29. flour
  30. new
  31. male
  32. allowed
  33. mail
  34. maid
  35. one
  36. no
  37. cell
  38. heel
  39. sail
  40. pear

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