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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 383 · 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 “flower”? (a) toe (b) flour (c) break
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) there (b) week (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) meet (b) pear (c) know
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) waste (b) steel (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) mail (b) piece (c) one
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) steel (c) not
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) here (c) piece
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) maid (b) blue (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) sale (c) knot
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) grown (b) sell (c) son
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) deer (c) bare
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) mail (b) waist (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) new (c) pear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) waste (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) meat (b) here (c) groan
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) maid (b) by (c) steel
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) right (b) plain (c) bear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) piece (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) tow (b) break (c) piece
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) sail (c) weak
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) cell (b) maid (c) allowed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) bare (b) buy (c) one
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) flew (b) steal (c) here
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) grown (b) write (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) tale
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) hear (b) mail (c) blue
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sale (b) break (c) meet
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) pear (b) there (c) made
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) plain (b) ate (c) cell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) knight (b) male (c) rose
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) toe (b) peace (c) son
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) knot (c) meet
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) made (b) whole (c) buy
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) peace (b) pair (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) son (c) whole
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) mist
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) son (b) knew (c) plain
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rose (b) pear (c) allowed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) peace (b) aloud (c) weight

Answer key

  1. flour
  2. meat
  3. know
  4. know
  5. piece
  6. cell
  7. heal
  8. heel
  9. blue
  10. passed
  11. son
  12. sun
  13. meat
  14. their
  15. eight
  16. here
  17. by
  18. plain
  19. deer
  20. piece
  21. their
  22. maid
  23. buy
  24. here
  25. write
  26. sail
  27. blue
  28. meet
  29. made
  30. ate
  31. rose
  32. son
  33. mist
  34. whole
  35. pair
  36. brake
  37. mist
  38. plain
  39. allowed
  40. weight

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