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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 197 · 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 “blue”? (a) blew (b) plane (c) tail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) grown (b) steal (c) mist
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) see (b) brake (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) meat (b) not (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) hole (c) meat
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) plane (c) new
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) tail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) hole (b) brake (c) see
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) night (b) mail (c) one
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) mail (b) there (c) pear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) flew (b) tail (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) blue (b) night (c) mist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) ate (b) one (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) waist (b) there (c) won
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) passed (b) heal (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) won (b) there (c) groan
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) heal (b) weak (c) sea
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) plane
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) bare (c) blue
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) toe (b) sale (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) here (b) grown (c) plane
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) made (c) waste
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) deer (b) sea (c) flower
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) blue (c) knight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) passed (b) tale (c) flew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) plane (c) see
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) toe (c) here
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) weight (b) hole (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) not (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tow (b) wait (c) pear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) their (b) dear (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) waist (b) bare (c) sea
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) rows (b) road (c) plane
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) blue (b) plain (c) meet
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) waste (b) maid (c) allowed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) week
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) blue (c) no
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) berry (b) grown (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) write (b) weight (c) road
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flu (b) rows (c) their

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. steal
  3. brake
  4. waist
  5. rose
  6. here
  7. weak
  8. brake
  9. one
  10. pear
  11. steal
  12. night
  13. sail
  14. won
  15. heal
  16. groan
  17. sea
  18. plane
  19. rows
  20. son
  21. grown
  22. passed
  23. flower
  24. dear
  25. tale
  26. one
  27. ate
  28. hole
  29. see
  30. pear
  31. dear
  32. bare
  33. plane
  34. meet
  35. allowed
  36. week
  37. week
  38. grown
  39. weight
  40. their

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