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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 452 · 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 “flew”? (a) flu (b) here (c) meat
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) heel (b) flower (c) flew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) ate (b) night (c) hear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) heel (b) male (c) blew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) pair
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) flew (b) knight (c) heal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) eight (b) deer (c) mist
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) heal (c) tow
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) break (c) flu
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sell (b) grown (c) flower
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) mail (c) not
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) meat (b) past (c) one
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) break (b) plain (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) weak (b) dear (c) made
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) weak (b) allowed (c) sail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) rose (c) meet
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) meat (b) allowed (c) tale
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) rows (c) mail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) write (b) made (c) meat
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) steal (c) made
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) one (b) whole (c) knight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) dear (b) berry (c) plain
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sea (b) meet (c) ate
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) steal (c) toe
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) one (b) weight (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) tail (c) hole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) new (c) mist
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) knot (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) weak (b) won (c) their
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) knot
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tow (b) male (c) meet
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) road (b) write (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) not (c) steel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) mail (b) rode (c) knew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) sale (b) flu (c) hole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) blew (b) rose (c) sea
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) made (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) flower (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) week (b) steel (c) tale

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. flew
  3. hear
  4. male
  5. knot
  6. knight
  7. mist
  8. sun
  9. allowed
  10. grown
  11. son
  12. past
  13. night
  14. made
  15. sail
  16. blue
  17. allowed
  18. know
  19. meat
  20. flu
  21. whole
  22. plain
  23. ate
  24. berry
  25. weight
  26. there
  27. sun
  28. bear
  29. their
  30. knight
  31. meet
  32. write
  33. sale
  34. knew
  35. hole
  36. rose
  37. brake
  38. road
  39. pear
  40. steel

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