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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 182 · 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 “deer”? (a) flour (b) dear (c) male
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sell (b) tale (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) passed (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) right (b) cell (c) groan
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sea (b) flour (c) knot
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) sea (b) tow (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) bear (c) tail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) waist (c) there
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) son (b) bare (c) maid
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) here (b) one (c) bear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) heel
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) grown (b) here (c) aloud
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) knight (b) groan (c) mist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) not (b) son (c) hole
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) night (b) steel (c) meat
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sail (b) son (c) grown
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) heel (c) knot
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) meet (b) right (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sale (b) hole (c) one
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) blue (b) waste (c) sale
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) ate (b) know (c) peace
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) plane (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) cell (c) steal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) by (c) sell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sell (b) new (c) see
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) groan (c) plane
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) peace (b) bear (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) knight (c) mail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) tail (c) steel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) knot (b) grown (c) waist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) flew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) mist (b) meat (c) steal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) meet (b) sea (c) bury
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) heel (b) wait (c) flew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) sun (b) write (c) cell
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) toe (b) berry (c) eight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) knew (b) here (c) blue
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) son (c) brake
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) passed (b) made (c) wait

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. tale
  3. allowed
  4. groan
  5. knot
  6. flower
  7. missed
  8. sun
  9. maid
  10. one
  11. groan
  12. here
  13. mist
  14. son
  15. steel
  16. grown
  17. weight
  18. deer
  19. one
  20. waste
  21. peace
  22. passed
  23. bare
  24. tail
  25. new
  26. night
  27. pear
  28. hole
  29. bear
  30. waist
  31. blue
  32. meat
  33. bury
  34. flew
  35. cell
  36. write
  37. eight
  38. blue
  39. deer
  40. made

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