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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 273 · 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 “blew”? (a) blue (b) there (c) flour
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) bear (b) one (c) ate
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) hole (c) past
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) whole (b) sea (c) road
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) cell
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) right (b) meet (c) male
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) toe (b) ate (c) their
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) hear (b) plain (c) right
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) pair (b) bury (c) rose
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) pear (b) whole (c) buy
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) flu (b) heel (c) there
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) sun (c) piece
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) ate
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) no (b) hear (c) missed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) sea
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) right (b) meet (c) knight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) there
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) flour (b) waist (c) bare
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) mist (b) road (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) bury (b) allowed (c) tail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) made (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) eight (b) flu (c) steel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) missed (b) won (c) knight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) blew (c) won
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) made (b) missed (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) pair (b) groan (c) sea
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) ate
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) missed (b) bury (c) whole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) their (b) pair (c) heel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) eight (b) made (c) bare
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) one (b) son (c) bury
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) right (b) their (c) one
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) meat (c) sell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) meat (b) piece (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) flower (b) meat (c) peace
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) hear (b) tow (c) flour
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) missed (b) waste (c) allowed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) waist (c) maid
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) aloud (b) break (c) berry
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) bare (c) grown

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. one
  3. by
  4. sea
  5. cell
  6. meet
  7. their
  8. plain
  9. bury
  10. whole
  11. there
  12. sail
  13. ate
  14. missed
  15. wait
  16. knight
  17. mist
  18. waist
  19. road
  20. tail
  21. write
  22. steel
  23. knight
  24. steel
  25. missed
  26. sea
  27. ate
  28. whole
  29. heel
  30. bare
  31. son
  32. their
  33. rows
  34. piece
  35. meat
  36. tow
  37. allowed
  38. flour
  39. break
  40. wait

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