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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 251 · 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 “hear”? (a) here (b) waist (c) there
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) sun (b) week (c) male
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) tail (c) hear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) right
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) right (b) flu (c) eight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) see (b) plain (c) weak
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) maid (b) missed (c) steal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) by (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) their (b) tale (c) passed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) brake (c) rows
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) past (c) ate
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) cell (c) meet
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) missed (c) allowed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) here (c) sun
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) there (b) night (c) rose
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) won (b) hear (c) missed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) won (b) hole (c) tow
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bury (b) whole (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) berry (b) their (c) grown
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sale (b) meat (c) night
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) sun
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) hole (b) weak (c) made
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) waist (b) here (c) toe
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) waist (b) plane (c) knot
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) maid (b) road (c) plain
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) flu
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) steel (b) new (c) cell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) rode (b) deer (c) won
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) past (b) missed (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) aloud (b) tail (c) grown
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) sea (c) tail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) hear (b) night (c) berry
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) son (b) heel (c) pair
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sail (b) waste (c) not
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) ate (b) bare (c) knew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) week (b) blue (c) flew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) dear (b) flour (c) rows
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) peace (c) sell

Answer key

  1. here
  2. male
  3. no
  4. won
  5. eight
  6. plain
  7. steal
  8. mail
  9. tale
  10. son
  11. their
  12. flu
  13. meat
  14. pair
  15. road
  16. rose
  17. missed
  18. hole
  19. flower
  20. grown
  21. meat
  22. sun
  23. weak
  24. toe
  25. plane
  26. plain
  27. whole
  28. new
  29. won
  30. brake
  31. flour
  32. grown
  33. passed
  34. berry
  35. pair
  36. not
  37. bare
  38. flew
  39. flour
  40. night

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