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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. tail
  3. flower
  4. ate
  5. plane
  6. buy
  7. sun
  8. won
  9. steel
  10. write
  11. sea
  12. blue
  13. steel
  14. rows
  15. bury
  16. flour
  17. write
  18. bear
  19. one
  20. meat
  21. pear
  22. eight
  23. road
  24. passed
  25. their
  26. mist
  27. tale
  28. past
  29. tale
  30. there
  31. by
  32. whole
  33. whole
  34. flu
  35. flew
  36. road
  37. brake
  38. flour
  39. rose
  40. maid

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