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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 450 · 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 “dear”? (a) cell (b) plain (c) deer
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) toe (c) night
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bare (b) peace (c) tale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sun (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) ate (c) male
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) pear (b) tale (c) heel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) bury (c) made
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) bury (b) flour (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) right (b) pair (c) weight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) one (c) rows
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) tow (c) eight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) tow (b) road (c) steel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) heel (b) pair (c) sea
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) there
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) week (b) sale (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) sail (b) see (c) plane
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) plane (b) flower (c) week
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) right (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) bare (c) tail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) maid (b) waste (c) blew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tail (b) mist (c) one
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) made (c) sell
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) tow (b) sell (c) flu
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) plane (b) berry (c) son
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) knight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) maid (b) knight (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) knew (c) deer
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) night (b) new (c) won
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) meet (b) see (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) week (c) peace
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) berry (b) knew (c) knight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) passed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) deer
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) cell (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) steal (b) brake (c) passed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) plane (c) weak
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) there

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. deer
  3. tale
  4. allowed
  5. here
  6. heel
  7. right
  8. flower
  9. tale
  10. past
  11. pair
  12. male
  13. hole
  14. road
  15. sea
  16. ate
  17. plain
  18. aloud
  19. see
  20. flower
  21. knight
  22. heal
  23. waste
  24. one
  25. meat
  26. flu
  27. son
  28. blue
  29. knight
  30. won
  31. new
  32. see
  33. passed
  34. knew
  35. passed
  36. whole
  37. here
  38. brake
  39. knot
  40. flu

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