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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 216 · 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 “son”? (a) weight (b) by (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) flew (b) groan (c) there
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) see (b) here (c) blew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) meet (b) son (c) hear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) son (b) won (c) flower
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) mail (b) sale (c) right
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) won (c) tale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) aloud (b) son (c) week
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) piece (b) mail (c) meat
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) groan (b) knew (c) steel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) there
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) made (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) buy (b) made (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) break (b) buy (c) no
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) mist (b) meat (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) not (c) rode
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) right (b) know (c) pair
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) one (b) road (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) by (c) new
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) waste (b) grown (c) steel
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) weak (c) waste
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) dear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) here (b) allowed (c) road
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) new (b) pear (c) bare
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) break (b) weight (c) bare
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) flower (b) deer (c) new
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) bare (c) sale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) tail (c) sea
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) by (b) sail (c) rows
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) hear (c) rows
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) won
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) not (c) mail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flower (b) knot (c) knew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) hole (c) heel
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) here (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) berry (b) night (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) pear (b) cell (c) meat
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) mail (b) berry (c) grown
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) meet (b) flew (c) flower
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) deer

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. there
  3. here
  4. hear
  5. flower
  6. sale
  7. peace
  8. son
  9. meat
  10. steel
  11. mail
  12. knot
  13. here
  14. buy
  15. meat
  16. heal
  17. know
  18. blew
  19. knight
  20. grown
  21. weight
  22. knew
  23. allowed
  24. bare
  25. weight
  26. deer
  27. heel
  28. one
  29. rows
  30. wait
  31. maid
  32. tale
  33. knot
  34. know
  35. see
  36. night
  37. cell
  38. berry
  39. flew
  40. flu

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