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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 194 · 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 “blew”? (a) brake (b) hole (c) blue
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) peace (b) maid (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) buy (b) their (c) won
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) past (b) won (c) flew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) past (b) hear (c) allowed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) bare (b) night (c) their
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) steel (b) son (c) meat
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) tale (b) missed (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) toe (c) made
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) waist (b) bear (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sell (b) week (c) sun
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) there (c) mist
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) won (c) sea
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) son (b) flew (c) weight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) flower (b) son (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pair (b) know (c) flu
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) made (b) rose (c) bear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) steel (b) wait (c) tow
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) eight (b) plane (c) brake
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) knot (c) know
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) son (b) flower (c) by
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) know (b) blue (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) waste (c) flew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) rows (c) rode
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) son (c) sail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) pair (b) bear (c) grown
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) waste (b) deer (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) tale (c) grown
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) brake (b) grown (c) heal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) there (c) aloud
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) knight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) write (b) see (c) here
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) ate (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) heel (c) toe
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) not (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) week (b) knot (c) toe
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) waste (b) here (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) meat (b) flower (c) sale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) weight (b) cell (c) pear

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. flour
  3. won
  4. flew
  5. allowed
  6. night
  7. meat
  8. past
  9. rows
  10. hear
  11. sun
  12. piece
  13. eight
  14. weight
  15. son
  16. flu
  17. rose
  18. wait
  19. brake
  20. one
  21. flower
  22. groan
  23. break
  24. knot
  25. their
  26. bear
  27. blue
  28. new
  29. grown
  30. waist
  31. knight
  32. here
  33. knot
  34. peace
  35. meet
  36. toe
  37. here
  38. berry
  39. sale
  40. pear

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