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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. flu
  3. blue
  4. rode
  5. weight
  6. rose
  7. blew
  8. not
  9. knight
  10. hole
  11. cell
  12. mail
  13. male
  14. peace
  15. write
  16. plane
  17. groan
  18. weak
  19. by
  20. pear
  21. made
  22. flour
  23. there
  24. maid
  25. son
  26. hear
  27. bare
  28. buy
  29. weight
  30. new
  31. tail
  32. won
  33. plane
  34. wait
  35. here
  36. sell
  37. grown
  38. made
  39. heal
  40. bare

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