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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 379 · 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 “deer”? (a) dear (b) flew (c) groan
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sail (b) eight (c) brake
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bury (b) flew (c) weak
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) bury (b) no (c) maid
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) knew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) male (c) write
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sun (c) tail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) buy (b) sail (c) blew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) grown (b) sail (c) here
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) groan (c) flu
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) meet (b) maid (c) allowed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) ate (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) tow (c) bare
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) dear (b) bear (c) plain
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) ate (b) steel (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) sale (b) not (c) mist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) weak (b) rows (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) berry (b) weight (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) berry (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tail (b) pear (c) flour
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) male (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) meet (b) tow (c) flour
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) tale (c) night
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) rows (c) allowed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) see (b) won (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) made (b) knight (c) cell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) knew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) week (b) here (c) hole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) mist (c) blue
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) groan (b) dear (c) rode
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) eight (b) cell (c) son
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) break (c) whole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) by (b) hear (c) knight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) piece
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tale (b) meat (c) ate
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) night (b) groan (c) tail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bury (b) son (c) flu
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) son (b) flower (c) allowed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) buy (c) pair

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. brake
  3. weak
  4. maid
  5. eight
  6. know
  7. flu
  8. sail
  9. here
  10. flour
  11. allowed
  12. heel
  13. brake
  14. bear
  15. steel
  16. sun
  17. mist
  18. rows
  19. weight
  20. write
  21. pear
  22. allowed
  23. flour
  24. steal
  25. deer
  26. night
  27. cell
  28. knew
  29. here
  30. see
  31. rode
  32. son
  33. by
  34. knight
  35. piece
  36. meat
  37. tail
  38. son
  39. flower
  40. rows

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