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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 391 · 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 “sun”? (a) son (b) see (c) tail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) hear (b) by (c) berry
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) flower (c) son
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) sell (c) one
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) no
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) buy (b) know (c) wait
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) groan (c) deer
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) week (c) bear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) rose (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) week (c) write
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) maid
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) meet (b) waste (c) here
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) knew (b) flu (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) maid
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) whole (b) heal (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sea (b) their (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) wait (b) heel (c) allowed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) deer (c) waist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) rows (c) aloud
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) one (b) heal (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flu (b) waist (c) meet
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) knight (b) cell (c) maid
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) won (b) meat (c) mail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bare (b) there (c) new
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) steal (b) tail (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) dear (b) grown (c) one
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) write (c) mail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) sail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) their (b) one (c) week
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) tow (b) break (c) pair
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) here (c) grown
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) waist (b) won (c) knot
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) blew (c) write
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) buy (b) bury (c) their
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) flew (c) meet
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) flower
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) see
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) weak (b) cell (c) pear

Answer key

  1. son
  2. by
  3. buy
  4. tow
  5. waist
  6. no
  7. know
  8. pair
  9. one
  10. made
  11. grown
  12. hear
  13. waste
  14. flu
  15. toe
  16. flower
  17. heal
  18. their
  19. allowed
  20. mist
  21. night
  22. eight
  23. meet
  24. maid
  25. meat
  26. there
  27. tail
  28. one
  29. knew
  30. steal
  31. week
  32. break
  33. tail
  34. won
  35. mail
  36. bury
  37. right
  38. wait
  39. mail
  40. pear

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