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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 372 · 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 “heel”? (a) weight (b) heal (c) blue
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) break (c) allowed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sea (c) pair
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) son (b) blue (c) deer
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) ate
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) won (b) past (c) flour
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) break (b) bury (c) rose
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) break (b) dear (c) allowed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) weight (b) mist (c) not
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) night (c) weak
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) here (c) hole
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) rows (b) one (c) aloud
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) tale (b) there (c) passed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) blue (b) deer (c) here
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) heel (b) rows (c) road
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) aloud (c) weight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) piece (c) heel
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) mail (b) blue (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) heel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) groan (c) meat
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) heel (b) write (c) no
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) male (c) pair
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) hear (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) steel (b) no (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) won (b) pair (c) tail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) right
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) right (b) pear (c) rows
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) flour (b) sell (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) hole (b) maid (c) write
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) break (c) piece
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) piece (c) sell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) deer (b) one (c) their
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) bury (b) heal (c) new
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) piece (b) right (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flour (b) rode (c) flu
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) their (c) see
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) tow (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) rose (c) waste
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) night (b) maid (c) sun
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) meet (b) flew (c) mail

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. flour
  3. deer
  4. deer
  5. ate
  6. flour
  7. rose
  8. allowed
  9. mist
  10. peace
  11. see
  12. one
  13. passed
  14. here
  15. rows
  16. steel
  17. wait
  18. blue
  19. knight
  20. male
  21. write
  22. by
  23. made
  24. meat
  25. pair
  26. right
  27. rows
  28. break
  29. write
  30. waist
  31. road
  32. their
  33. new
  34. past
  35. flu
  36. buy
  37. night
  38. steal
  39. maid
  40. mail

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