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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 227 · 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 “sun”? (a) right (b) buy (c) son
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sun (b) there (c) whole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) cell (b) weak (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) by (b) one (c) meet
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sea (b) sale (c) won
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) groan (b) plane (c) flew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) not (b) hole (c) piece
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) rose (c) bury
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) road (c) deer
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) knew (b) plane (c) tale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) deer (b) brake (c) road
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) pear (b) know (c) blew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) blew (c) hole
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) break (b) not (c) peace
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) toe
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) mail (b) cell (c) see
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) mist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) plain (b) meat (c) tail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) road (b) know (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) road (b) grown (c) allowed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) brake (b) made (c) groan
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) allowed (b) berry (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) grown (b) aloud (c) week
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sea (b) buy (c) sail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) hear (c) piece
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) knight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) weight (b) hear (c) road
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) hole (b) write (c) sun
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blew (b) rows (c) eight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) hear (b) flew (c) steal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) rows (b) brake (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) flower
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) hear (c) made
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sail (c) male
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) passed (b) blew (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) mail (b) hole (c) not
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) tail (b) flour (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) passed (b) flew (c) pair
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) rows
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) hear (b) rose (c) mist

Answer key

  1. son
  2. there
  3. weak
  4. meet
  5. sale
  6. flew
  7. hole
  8. here
  9. won
  10. plane
  11. road
  12. blew
  13. break
  14. peace
  15. toe
  16. cell
  17. groan
  18. meat
  19. steal
  20. grown
  21. made
  22. hear
  23. week
  24. buy
  25. there
  26. brake
  27. road
  28. write
  29. eight
  30. flew
  31. bury
  32. flower
  33. one
  34. one
  35. right
  36. hole
  37. pair
  38. pair
  39. sea
  40. mist

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