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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 262 · 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 “mist”? (a) their (b) flew (c) missed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) male (b) their (c) flu
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) new (b) blew (c) meat
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) see (b) here (c) brake
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) write (b) hole (c) past
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) weight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) blew (c) waste
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) right (c) plain
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knew (b) blew (c) steal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) peace (b) tow (c) write
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sell (b) made (c) tail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) there (c) dear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) blue (b) grown (c) bear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) tow (c) knew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) by (b) made (c) rode
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) bear (b) plane (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) grown (b) blew (c) know
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) son (b) flower (c) wait
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) hole (b) sail (c) waste
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) right (b) there (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) meat (b) write (c) steal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sail (b) toe (c) plain
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) not (b) sun (c) aloud
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) groan (c) bear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) eight (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) deer (b) meet (c) steal
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) mist (c) bare
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) know (b) dear (c) bare
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) sell (b) see (c) sun
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) tale (b) male (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) male
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) bear (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) won (b) ate (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) bare (c) rows
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) night (c) passed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) tail (c) knight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) missed (c) weak
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) rose

Answer key

  1. missed
  2. flu
  3. meat
  4. here
  5. past
  6. grown
  7. plain
  8. passed
  9. blew
  10. tow
  11. made
  12. rows
  13. grown
  14. rose
  15. made
  16. sun
  17. know
  18. weight
  19. blue
  20. flower
  21. waste
  22. whole
  23. write
  24. toe
  25. sun
  26. piece
  27. allowed
  28. steal
  29. flour
  30. dear
  31. see
  32. passed
  33. male
  34. not
  35. ate
  36. their
  37. there
  38. no
  39. meet
  40. pear

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