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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 418 · 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 “groan”? (a) rows (b) allowed (c) grown
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) heal (b) here (c) missed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) piece (b) wait (c) blew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) steal (b) buy (c) dear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) plane (c) sun
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) knew (b) mist (c) maid
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) there
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) pear (b) rows (c) deer
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) heel (c) pair
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) right (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) blue (b) here (c) flower
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) piece (b) pear (c) new
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) by
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) male (b) blew (c) allowed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) by (b) eight (c) week
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) waste (c) tail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) plane (c) wait
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) new (b) week (c) one
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) write (b) mist (c) groan
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) plain (c) know
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) male (b) peace (c) sea
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) missed (b) allowed (c) plane
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) meet (b) no (c) new
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) groan (c) blew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) bury (b) there (c) tow
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) piece (b) flour (c) there
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) groan (b) by (c) passed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sun (b) groan (c) past
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) road (c) knot
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) their (b) right (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) bear (b) right (c) male
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) made
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) maid (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) blue (b) rows (c) right
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) write (c) blew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) plane (b) flower (c) flew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) by (b) steal (c) see
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) buy (b) plane (c) tale

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. here
  3. wait
  4. buy
  5. meat
  6. mist
  7. there
  8. deer
  9. week
  10. passed
  11. flower
  12. pear
  13. by
  14. blew
  15. week
  16. missed
  17. tale
  18. one
  19. mist
  20. steel
  21. peace
  22. plane
  23. no
  24. rose
  25. know
  26. tow
  27. there
  28. passed
  29. past
  30. sail
  31. right
  32. male
  33. dear
  34. knot
  35. aloud
  36. rows
  37. their
  38. flew
  39. see
  40. plane

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