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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 362 · 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 “sea”? (a) see (b) groan (c) past
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) whole (b) dear (c) waist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) son
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) berry (b) made (c) flour
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) sale (c) there
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) aloud (b) by (c) piece
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) rode (c) by
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) write (c) week
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) know
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sun (c) deer
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) passed (b) night (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) toe
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) rows (b) sail (c) made
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) tail (b) knight (c) there
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) here (b) heal (c) pear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) meet (b) knew (c) made
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) son (b) by (c) dear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) their (c) waste
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) missed (b) deer (c) not
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sell (b) missed (c) groan
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) mail (b) there (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) meet (c) son
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) bury (b) sea (c) heal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) sea (c) flew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) missed (b) allowed (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) blue (c) by
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) ate (b) right (c) knight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) cell (b) pear (c) new
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) knot (c) blew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bury (b) tow (c) maid
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) rose (b) knew (c) right
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sell (b) bear (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) piece (b) plain (c) road
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) berry (c) see
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) bare (c) blew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) knight (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) won (b) brake (c) missed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) piece (b) blue (c) tail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) new (c) won

Answer key

  1. see
  2. waist
  3. son
  4. flour
  5. dear
  6. piece
  7. hear
  8. break
  9. peace
  10. flu
  11. won
  12. maid
  13. made
  14. knight
  15. pear
  16. made
  17. dear
  18. bear
  19. not
  20. groan
  21. whole
  22. there
  23. sail
  24. heal
  25. blew
  26. know
  27. meat
  28. knight
  29. new
  30. flower
  31. maid
  32. knew
  33. heal
  34. plain
  35. pair
  36. blew
  37. meet
  38. missed
  39. blue
  40. grown

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