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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 308 · 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 “dear”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) deer
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) groan
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) eight (b) bear (c) waste
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) waist (b) sun (c) buy
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) flour (c) blew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) steel (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) rows (b) won (c) bare
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) sail (b) ate (c) rose
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tow (b) their (c) no
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) here (b) brake (c) meet
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) weight (b) mist (c) flu
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) deer (b) eight (c) hole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) grown (b) maid (c) not
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) past (c) flower
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) steel (c) rows
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flower (b) bear (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tow (b) blew (c) new
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) no (b) not (c) their
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) their (b) aloud (c) flu
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) plain (b) grown (c) flower
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knew (b) there (c) night
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) know (c) rows
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) steel (b) there (c) plane
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) knot (b) wait (c) eight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) bear (b) deer (c) missed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sun (b) know (c) week
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) pear (b) peace (c) road
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) flower (c) waist
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) by (b) right (c) week
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) allowed (b) buy (c) won
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) weight (b) by (c) made
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) knot (b) right (c) hear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) flour (b) sail (c) road
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) rows (c) male
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) flower
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) rose (c) here
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) groan (b) one (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) one (c) break
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) waist (b) knot (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rows (b) sun (c) meat

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. heel
  3. waste
  4. buy
  5. know
  6. steel
  7. won
  8. rose
  9. their
  10. meet
  11. mist
  12. hole
  13. not
  14. heel
  15. pair
  16. hole
  17. blew
  18. not
  19. aloud
  20. grown
  21. there
  22. sale
  23. plane
  24. eight
  25. missed
  26. know
  27. road
  28. meet
  29. right
  30. buy
  31. made
  32. right
  33. road
  34. see
  35. flower
  36. toe
  37. break
  38. weak
  39. aloud
  40. sun

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