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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 300 · 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 “flew”? (a) meet (b) flu (c) eight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) sea (c) mist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) passed (b) meet (c) aloud
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sun (b) allowed (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) pair (b) by (c) meet
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) mist (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) rows (c) deer
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) toe (b) plain (c) road
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) weight (b) mail (c) aloud
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) weak (b) grown (c) plane
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) sale (b) ate (c) knot
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) bear (b) heal (c) weight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) peace (b) flower (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) meat
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) rode (b) no (c) by
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) flew (c) sale
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) son (b) meet (c) blue
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) male (b) missed (c) bury
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) peace (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) rows (c) tail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) maid (b) flower (c) weak
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) eight (b) hear (c) road
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) hole (b) knot (c) weight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) no (b) buy (c) missed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) write (b) flour (c) sail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) their (b) ate (c) knew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) flu (c) deer
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) won (b) hole (c) by
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) knight (c) tow
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) one (b) past (c) week
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) rose (c) plain
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) meat (c) plain
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flu (b) right (c) plain
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) weak (b) no (c) sun
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) waist (b) plane (c) night
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rose (b) week (c) see
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) rose (b) groan (c) meat
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) here (b) ate (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) tail (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. whole
  3. aloud
  4. past
  5. meet
  6. hole
  7. ate
  8. road
  9. aloud
  10. plane
  11. ate
  12. heal
  13. there
  14. meat
  15. no
  16. passed
  17. meet
  18. bury
  19. made
  20. flew
  21. weak
  22. hear
  23. weight
  24. missed
  25. sail
  26. knew
  27. heel
  28. by
  29. their
  30. week
  31. right
  32. their
  33. right
  34. tale
  35. sun
  36. plane
  37. see
  38. groan
  39. know
  40. flower

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