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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 287 · 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 “bear”? (a) bare (b) bury (c) grown
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) weak (c) sale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) flew (b) flour (c) groan
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) know (b) one (c) cell
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) dear (b) here (c) new
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) blue (c) missed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) write
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) blue (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) toe
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) rows (b) made (c) eight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flu (b) knight (c) rode
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) peace (c) bury
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) no (b) pear (c) heal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) cell (b) flu (c) waist
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) blue (b) heal (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) past (b) blue (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) sell (c) tale
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) heal (b) eight (c) flour
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) waist (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) their
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) new (b) blue (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) by (b) there (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) sea
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) flour
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) piece (c) made
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) plain (b) piece (c) buy
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) break (c) one
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) wait (c) brake
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) blue (b) one (c) sell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) new (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) no (b) flower (c) dear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) flu (c) no
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) won
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) tale (c) heel
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) bury (c) new
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) meat (b) dear (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) piece (c) blue
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flower (b) steal (c) sun
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bear (b) berry (c) dear

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. blew
  3. eight
  4. groan
  5. cell
  6. new
  7. plain
  8. aloud
  9. rose
  10. toe
  11. eight
  12. knight
  13. plane
  14. pear
  15. flu
  16. heal
  17. by
  18. know
  19. flour
  20. heel
  21. their
  22. whole
  23. there
  24. sail
  25. flour
  26. meat
  27. buy
  28. hole
  29. made
  30. one
  31. buy
  32. dear
  33. rode
  34. won
  35. see
  36. week
  37. tale
  38. male
  39. sun
  40. dear

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