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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 309 · 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 “no”? (a) sea (b) know (c) cell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) wait (b) here (c) know
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) son (c) ate
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) night (b) tale (c) weak
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) wait (b) bear (c) blew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) new (b) flour (c) knight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) grown (b) sun (c) right
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) rows (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) eight (b) berry (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) night (b) heal (c) mail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) not (b) bare (c) night
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) tail (b) passed (c) their
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) heal (b) their (c) knew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) eight (b) piece (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) knot (b) night (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) whole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) tow (c) bare
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) flour (b) heel (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) hear (b) week (c) sun
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) flower (c) steal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sun (b) no (c) maid
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) cell (c) knot
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) past
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) tow (b) right (c) by
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) here (c) tow
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) right (b) flower (c) brake
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) steel (b) cell (c) night
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) passed (b) meat (c) pear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waste (b) their (c) week
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sale (b) made (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) bare (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) brake (b) road (c) allowed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) sea (b) sun (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) road (b) hear (c) their
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) see (b) eight (c) maid
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) son (b) won (c) wait
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) deer (c) knight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) hear (b) son (c) sell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) tale (b) ate (c) flour

Answer key

  1. know
  2. here
  3. dear
  4. tale
  5. bear
  6. flour
  7. sun
  8. made
  9. new
  10. heal
  11. bare
  12. passed
  13. knew
  14. bare
  15. right
  16. waste
  17. flour
  18. toe
  19. week
  20. rose
  21. maid
  22. hole
  23. sea
  24. by
  25. weak
  26. brake
  27. cell
  28. sea
  29. meat
  30. their
  31. steel
  32. past
  33. road
  34. flower
  35. their
  36. eight
  37. wait
  38. flu
  39. son
  40. ate

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