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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 361 · 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 “their”? (a) won (b) there (c) aloud
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) here (b) won (c) see
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) made (b) no (c) there
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) bear (b) dear (c) rode
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) whole (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) weight (c) maid
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) tow (b) brake (c) peace
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) heal (b) groan (c) meet
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) rows (b) flew (c) write
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) past (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sell (b) made (c) bare
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) piece (b) pair (c) flour
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) cell (b) hole (c) ate
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) sale (c) allowed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) missed (b) not (c) blew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) by (b) past (c) sell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) hear (b) by (c) night
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) not (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) won (b) aloud (c) flew
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) bear (b) pear (c) sun
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) flew (c) know
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) knot (b) flower (c) flew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) steal (b) sale (c) made
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) ate (c) meet
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) hear (b) flu (c) right
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) tow (b) wait (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) one (b) road (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) weight (b) road (c) plain
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) knight (b) flew (c) not
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) bury (b) sail (c) by
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) steel (b) tow (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) hole (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) new (c) ate
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) hole (c) write
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) grown (b) break (c) pear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) rose (b) no (c) plane
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) bear (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) knight (b) see (c) flower
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knot (b) rows (c) knew

Answer key

  1. there
  2. won
  3. there
  4. dear
  5. won
  6. mist
  7. brake
  8. groan
  9. flew
  10. weak
  11. bare
  12. flour
  13. hole
  14. bear
  15. blew
  16. sell
  17. by
  18. sun
  19. tail
  20. aloud
  21. pear
  22. hear
  23. flower
  24. made
  25. waste
  26. flu
  27. whole
  28. road
  29. road
  30. not
  31. sail
  32. ate
  33. maid
  34. blew
  35. rows
  36. break
  37. plane
  38. mist
  39. see
  40. knew

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