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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 231 · 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) son (b) see (c) week
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) knot (c) missed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) past (c) ate
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) night (c) toe
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) their (b) know (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) right (b) pair (c) road
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) knot (c) sell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) see (b) passed (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) berry (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) won (b) bear (c) sea
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sale (b) pear (c) mail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) knot (b) grown (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tale (b) hear (c) write
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) mail (b) waist (c) knot
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) ate
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) by (b) made (c) week
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) their (b) dear (c) eight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) mist (b) sell (c) plain
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) weight (c) past
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) bear (b) grown (c) tow
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) night
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) wait (c) rose
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) waste (c) bare
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) missed (b) flour (c) waste
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) aloud (b) flew (c) plain
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) new (b) flu (c) made
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) weak (b) road (c) waste
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) sea (c) bury
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) flour (c) wait
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) groan (c) maid
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) pear (b) break (c) blew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) know (c) knew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bury (b) allowed (c) there
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) passed (b) eight (c) not
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) blue (c) break
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) knight (b) plain (c) see
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) groan (b) piece (c) dear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) rows (c) tow
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) their
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) weight (b) missed (c) hole

Answer key

  1. son
  2. flew
  3. meet
  4. weak
  5. sea
  6. road
  7. know
  8. steal
  9. dear
  10. sea
  11. mail
  12. grown
  13. write
  14. waist
  15. mail
  16. made
  17. dear
  18. plain
  19. knot
  20. tow
  21. aloud
  22. past
  23. meet
  24. flour
  25. plain
  26. flu
  27. waste
  28. eight
  29. their
  30. flour
  31. blew
  32. pear
  33. there
  34. not
  35. by
  36. see
  37. piece
  38. bear
  39. allowed
  40. missed

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