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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 407 · 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 “one”? (a) won (b) toe (c) missed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) aloud (c) missed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) meat (b) berry (c) their
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) break (b) tail (c) rows
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) blue (c) sun
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) past (b) rows (c) flew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) tail (b) weight (c) peace
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) cell (c) tow
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) rose (b) male (c) waist
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) made (b) brake (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) missed (c) road
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) wait (b) night (c) week
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) sell (c) brake
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) steal (b) knew (c) grown
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) blew (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) weight (c) sail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) weight (b) cell (c) toe
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) son (b) eight (c) break
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) their (b) sea (c) made
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) toe (c) male
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sell (b) son (c) maid
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) bear (b) weight (c) male
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) whole (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flu (b) blew (c) son
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) road (b) rose (c) waste
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) meet (b) plain (c) sale
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) groan (b) deer (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) meat (b) rows (c) steel
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sun (b) mail (c) flour
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) groan (b) plane (c) not
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) pear (b) sell (c) mist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) flour
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) blew (b) write (c) missed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) their (b) one (c) right
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) passed (b) missed (c) meat
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) won (b) week (c) bury
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) night (b) piece (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) steel (b) dear (c) pair

Answer key

  1. won
  2. deer
  3. berry
  4. tail
  5. flower
  6. flew
  7. weight
  8. heel
  9. male
  10. brake
  11. buy
  12. night
  13. not
  14. grown
  15. steal
  16. cell
  17. toe
  18. eight
  19. sea
  20. aloud
  21. maid
  22. weight
  23. sea
  24. son
  25. blew
  26. rose
  27. flew
  28. sale
  29. pear
  30. steel
  31. flour
  32. not
  33. mist
  34. tow
  35. write
  36. right
  37. meat
  38. week
  39. piece
  40. pair

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