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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 352 · 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 “blew”? (a) blue (b) past (c) night
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) dear (b) write (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) made (b) aloud (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) hole (b) flour (c) week
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) know (b) one (c) bear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sail (b) rode (c) bare
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) tale (b) bare (c) berry
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) grown (b) night (c) aloud
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) hear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) blue (b) ate (c) pear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) deer (b) eight (c) tow
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) break (b) not (c) rows
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) missed (c) plain
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) dear (b) break (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) meet (b) knot (c) sea
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) tail (c) allowed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) steel (b) there (c) meet
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) there (b) pear (c) cell
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) son (c) tail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) right (c) tail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) tow (c) passed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) not (b) grown (c) week
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) won
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) meat (b) one (c) rose
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) steal (b) sun (c) brake
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) know (b) write (c) piece
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) know (b) ate (c) piece
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) meat (b) sea (c) pair
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) sell (b) deer (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) meet (c) sun
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) bare (b) dear (c) pear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) see (b) cell (c) one
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) brake (b) aloud (c) flour
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) berry (b) no (c) cell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) meet (b) one (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) write (b) flour (c) won
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) night (b) bury (c) waste
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) heal (b) maid (c) hear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) mail (b) rows (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) see (b) new (c) plain

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. write
  3. see
  4. flour
  5. bear
  6. rode
  7. bare
  8. night
  9. brake
  10. ate
  11. tow
  12. not
  13. rows
  14. break
  15. knot
  16. mist
  17. meet
  18. pear
  19. pair
  20. waste
  21. sea
  22. grown
  23. hole
  24. rose
  25. brake
  26. piece
  27. piece
  28. pair
  29. deer
  30. knew
  31. pear
  32. one
  33. flour
  34. cell
  35. one
  36. won
  37. bury
  38. maid
  39. rows
  40. new

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