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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 380 · 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 “blue”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) blew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) sale (b) here (c) missed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) rose (b) waste (c) mist
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) sun (b) maid (c) no
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) weak (b) groan (c) won
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) rose (c) here
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sea (b) road (c) tow
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) meet (c) passed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) flower (c) hole
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) tow (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) wait
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) meat (c) one
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) bear (b) eight (c) knew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) mist (b) berry (c) tow
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) steel (b) tail (c) sell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) past
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) pear (c) tow
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) by (b) right (c) steal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) son (b) knight (c) aloud
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sail (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) hole (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) night (b) new (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) hear (b) knew (c) bury
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) waist (b) one (c) week
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) waist (b) meet (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) plain (c) night
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) night (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) flour (c) eight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) berry (b) flour (c) break
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) their (c) tow
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) not (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flew (b) waist (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) right (b) eight (c) know
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) no (b) one (c) flu
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) knot (b) grown (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) dear (b) bury (c) heel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) steel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) peace (c) know

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. missed
  3. waste
  4. maid
  5. won
  6. road
  7. road
  8. blew
  9. see
  10. peace
  11. dear
  12. new
  13. eight
  14. berry
  15. sell
  16. bear
  17. piece
  18. right
  19. aloud
  20. piece
  21. past
  22. new
  23. knew
  24. week
  25. night
  26. see
  27. there
  28. hole
  29. flour
  30. tail
  31. whole
  32. passed
  33. know
  34. flu
  35. grown
  36. bury
  37. flu
  38. sun
  39. pear
  40. night

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