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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 254 · 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 “groan”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) grown
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) missed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) bear (b) wait (c) sea
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) ate (b) wait (c) meat
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tail (b) pear (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) brake (c) past
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) pair (b) cell (c) rows
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) berry (c) cell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) there
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) steel (c) cell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) tail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flew (b) night (c) blew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) berry (b) one (c) maid
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hear (b) steal (c) allowed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) there (b) son (c) flu
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) mail (b) tow (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) whole (b) ate (c) son
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) not (b) sun (c) pear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) tale (b) deer (c) not
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) bare (b) their (c) past
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) tail (c) rode
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) by (b) won (c) missed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) deer (b) male (c) wait
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) write (b) sun (c) night
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) piece (b) meet (c) sale
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) there (b) flour (c) groan
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flu (b) their (c) flour
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) waste (b) bare (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) knew (b) maid (c) steel
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) by (b) no (c) meat
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) blue (b) heal (c) sea
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) piece (c) past
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) waste (b) bare (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) here (b) mist (c) by
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) right (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sun (b) waist (c) know
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) weak
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) by (b) male (c) meat
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) sail

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. missed
  3. wait
  4. meat
  5. pear
  6. their
  7. cell
  8. son
  9. knew
  10. there
  11. past
  12. aloud
  13. blew
  14. maid
  15. allowed
  16. flu
  17. tow
  18. ate
  19. pear
  20. not
  21. past
  22. blue
  23. won
  24. male
  25. night
  26. sale
  27. flour
  28. their
  29. knight
  30. steel
  31. meat
  32. heal
  33. tale
  34. bare
  35. mist
  36. tale
  37. waist
  38. weak
  39. male
  40. sail

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