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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 430 · 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 “flour”? (a) eight (b) flower (c) meat
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) meet (b) steal (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) weight (b) grown (c) cell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) road (b) waste (c) blue
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) groan (b) waste (c) deer
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) week (c) missed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) right (c) flew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) ate (b) plain (c) not
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) rose (c) groan
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) no (b) rose (c) here
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) passed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) maid (b) peace (c) there
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) ate (b) passed (c) grown
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) cell (b) week (c) heel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) flu
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) their (b) knight (c) mist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) rose (b) not (c) break
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sun (c) steel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) berry (b) blew (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) see (b) dear (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) tail (c) bury
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) groan (b) past (c) by
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) heel (b) weak (c) maid
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) bear (b) by (c) mail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) see (b) road (c) here
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) eight (b) male (c) grown
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) made (b) bear (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) mist (b) flu (c) waste
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) weight (b) meat (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) waste (c) hear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) plain (c) bear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rode (b) knew (c) son
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) missed (b) no (c) tow
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) hole (b) knew (c) eight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) past
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) new (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) maid (b) not (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) whole (c) bury
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) whole (c) knew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) one (c) blew

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. steal
  3. grown
  4. waste
  5. deer
  6. one
  7. piece
  8. plain
  9. passed
  10. rose
  11. meat
  12. there
  13. grown
  14. week
  15. hole
  16. mist
  17. not
  18. one
  19. blew
  20. dear
  21. won
  22. by
  23. maid
  24. by
  25. road
  26. male
  27. bear
  28. flu
  29. hear
  30. steal
  31. right
  32. son
  33. no
  34. eight
  35. knot
  36. weak
  37. eight
  38. mist
  39. rose
  40. night

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