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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 214 · 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 “sun”? (a) son (b) tail (c) dear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) sea (b) write (c) waist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sale (b) mail (c) grown
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) meat (b) rows (c) eight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) berry (c) blew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) heal (c) son
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) bear (c) mist
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) passed (c) won
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) pear (b) piece (c) flour
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) son (b) hole (c) aloud
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) steel (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) bear (b) sea (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) hear (b) blew (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) waist (c) peace
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) bury (b) their (c) rode
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) maid (b) not (c) wait
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) road
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flower (b) not (c) piece
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) deer (c) by
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) here (b) bare (c) blew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) made (b) tail (c) grown
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) grown
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) meat (c) cell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) son (b) flour (c) passed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) knew (c) road
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) new (b) weight (c) by
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) mist (c) rose
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) bury (b) meat (c) see
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) rose (c) bare
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) there (b) tail (c) knew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) blue (c) dear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) brake (b) there (c) week
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rose (b) sale (c) write
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) write (b) groan (c) sale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) meat (c) sea
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) right (c) their
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) bare (b) meat (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) break
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) rode (c) heal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) wait (b) toe (c) buy

Answer key

  1. son
  2. waist
  3. grown
  4. eight
  5. knight
  6. blue
  7. steel
  8. groan
  9. piece
  10. aloud
  11. write
  12. flu
  13. sea
  14. deer
  15. their
  16. wait
  17. road
  18. not
  19. toe
  20. bare
  21. tail
  22. flower
  23. pair
  24. flour
  25. tale
  26. by
  27. won
  28. see
  29. mist
  30. knew
  31. weight
  32. there
  33. write
  34. sale
  35. male
  36. sale
  37. ate
  38. break
  39. pear
  40. buy

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