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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 399 · 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 “meat”? (a) flour (b) pear (c) meet
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) plain (c) flu
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) week (c) weight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) meat (b) deer (c) knot
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) missed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) peace (b) hole (c) blue
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) flower (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) weight (b) pear (c) won
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) sea
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) groan (b) blew (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) blue (b) one (c) maid
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) rows (b) their (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) write (c) hole
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) toe (b) write (c) groan
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) weak (b) their (c) deer
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flour (b) hear (c) allowed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) piece (b) sale (c) write
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) weak (c) one
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) grown (c) sea
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) whole (c) buy
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) grown (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) see
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) waist (b) male (c) bare
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rose (b) weight (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bare (b) write (c) flower
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) knot (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) eight (b) bury (c) won
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) flour
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) one (b) their (c) tale
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) no (b) hole (c) son
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) steal (b) sell (c) bury
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) by (b) meat (c) missed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bury (b) flour (c) meat
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) pear (b) night (c) deer
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) won (b) know (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) peace (b) sale (c) here
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) bury (c) no
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) past (c) grown
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) maid (b) mist (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) rose

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. flu
  3. pear
  4. knot
  5. missed
  6. blue
  7. write
  8. won
  9. sea
  10. blew
  11. one
  12. passed
  13. flour
  14. groan
  15. their
  16. hear
  17. sale
  18. break
  19. whole
  20. waist
  21. no
  22. knot
  23. male
  24. sun
  25. write
  26. heal
  27. won
  28. ate
  29. their
  30. son
  31. sell
  32. meat
  33. meat
  34. night
  35. mail
  36. sale
  37. rode
  38. sun
  39. mist
  40. peace

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