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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 382 · 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 “blew”? (a) new (b) meet (c) blue
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) missed (b) one (c) weight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) deer (c) knew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) right (b) cell (c) tow
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) piece (b) past (c) by
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) tow (b) rows (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sail (b) one (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) past (b) weak (c) flu
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) heel
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) mail (c) no
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) hole
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) break (c) past
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) missed (c) grown
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) peace (b) wait (c) mail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) flower (c) knew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) flour (b) piece (c) wait
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sell (b) hole (c) buy
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) new (b) pear (c) meet
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) see (b) blue (c) won
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) right (b) bare (c) peace
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) blue (b) rose (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) blue (b) one (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) by (c) made
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) aloud (b) flu (c) steel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) sun (b) bear (c) no
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) write (c) made
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) steel (c) allowed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) pear (c) cell
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) know (c) grown
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) past (b) knight (c) week
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) rose (b) missed (c) flu
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) weak (b) rows (c) heel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) one (b) groan (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) road (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) by (b) brake (c) waist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) steal (b) waste (c) hole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) road
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) wait (c) blue
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) one (b) sun (c) past

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. one
  3. break
  4. cell
  5. by
  6. rows
  7. groan
  8. flu
  9. knight
  10. made
  11. hole
  12. toe
  13. grown
  14. write
  15. wait
  16. buy
  17. piece
  18. buy
  19. pear
  20. won
  21. peace
  22. rose
  23. meet
  24. wait
  25. steel
  26. no
  27. tale
  28. right
  29. see
  30. new
  31. week
  32. flu
  33. heel
  34. groan
  35. flower
  36. waist
  37. waste
  38. hear
  39. break
  40. past

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