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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 304 · 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 “son”? (a) past (b) sun (c) knight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) break (b) allowed (c) male
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) brake (b) write (c) toe
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) heal (b) whole (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) deer
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) deer (b) week (c) groan
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) their (b) grown (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) sea (c) buy
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) blue (b) see (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) knot (b) weak (c) brake
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) steel (b) heel (c) flu
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) tail (c) their
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) tail (b) road (c) right
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) write (b) son (c) knew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) pear (b) break (c) ate
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) blew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) blew (c) hole
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) deer (c) new
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) hole (b) their (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) blue
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) bare (c) pair
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) dear (b) eight (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sell (b) weak (c) heal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) hear (c) flour
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) dear (b) blue (c) berry
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) mail (b) hear (c) hole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) pair (c) wait
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) meat (c) ate
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) steel (b) maid (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) plain (c) steel
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) plain (b) break (c) flew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) no (b) maid (c) sell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) not (c) eight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) berry (b) sell (c) blew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rose (b) rode (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) deer (b) steal (c) knight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) hear (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) new

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. male
  3. toe
  4. buy
  5. bury
  6. groan
  7. grown
  8. passed
  9. tale
  10. brake
  11. flu
  12. male
  13. road
  14. knew
  15. ate
  16. blew
  17. flu
  18. hear
  19. their
  20. berry
  21. not
  22. eight
  23. heal
  24. one
  25. blue
  26. hear
  27. knot
  28. flower
  29. maid
  30. rows
  31. flew
  32. sell
  33. allowed
  34. blew
  35. bare
  36. steal
  37. sell
  38. tail
  39. knew
  40. new

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