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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 415 · 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) knew (b) rose (c) son
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) mist (c) flew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) meet (b) dear (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) knot (b) flu (c) whole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) here (c) ate
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) passed (b) right (c) made
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) sale (c) heel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) male (b) pear (c) toe
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) mail (c) made
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) tow (b) weight (c) bear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) pair (b) plane (c) sale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) here (b) maid (c) peace
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) peace (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) waist (b) here (c) not
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) piece (b) won (c) flour
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) son (b) flu (c) sell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sell (b) sale (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) past (b) bare (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sail (b) night (c) mail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) waist (b) heal (c) week
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) rows (b) hole (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) aloud (c) knight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) waist (b) toe (c) made
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) write (b) eight (c) not
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) one (c) week
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) dear (b) not (c) hear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sail (b) flew (c) write
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) heal (b) break (c) mail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) groan (c) won
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) blue (c) tail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) road (b) meet (c) rose
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) know (b) bear (c) groan
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) tow (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) here (b) buy (c) rows
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) peace (b) blew (c) won
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sell (c) flour
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) pair
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) whole (c) pair
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sea (b) peace (c) there

Answer key

  1. son
  2. hole
  3. dear
  4. flu
  5. berry
  6. right
  7. meet
  8. toe
  9. one
  10. weight
  11. plane
  12. peace
  13. flu
  14. here
  15. flour
  16. sell
  17. sale
  18. bare
  19. mail
  20. heal
  21. wait
  22. not
  23. toe
  24. eight
  25. passed
  26. not
  27. flew
  28. break
  29. tail
  30. whole
  31. rose
  32. bear
  33. knew
  34. rows
  35. blew
  36. allowed
  37. meet
  38. hear
  39. write
  40. peace

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