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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 454 · 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 “flu”? (a) night (b) flew (c) wait
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) plane (b) son (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flu (b) meet (c) their
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) won (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) sun (c) weak
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) night (b) sail (c) tow
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sale (b) toe (c) mail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) one (c) sun
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) missed (c) sale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) made (c) blew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) blue (b) toe (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) there (b) blue (c) cell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) weak (b) mail (c) plain
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) passed (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) write (c) cell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) pair (c) allowed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) mist (b) tale (c) weak
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) groan (b) flu (c) waist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) son (b) pair (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) road (b) not (c) tow
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) know (c) one
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sun (b) allowed (c) knight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) heel (b) flu (c) see
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) won (c) write
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flew (b) by (c) hole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) rows (c) here
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) piece (b) heal (c) grown
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) peace (b) allowed (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) by (b) passed (c) sun
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) flew (b) see (c) by
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sale (b) toe (c) blue
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) grown (b) mail (c) sail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) grown (c) missed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) new (b) write (c) hear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) knot (b) made (c) brake
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) flower (b) flew (c) missed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) eight (b) brake (c) hear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) groan (c) bury
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) flew (c) tale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) blew (c) plane

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. their
  3. meet
  4. eight
  5. right
  6. tow
  7. mail
  8. knew
  9. son
  10. sea
  11. week
  12. blue
  13. plain
  14. their
  15. bear
  16. bury
  17. weak
  18. flu
  19. pair
  20. tow
  21. meet
  22. knight
  23. see
  24. sun
  25. hole
  26. no
  27. heal
  28. pair
  29. passed
  30. by
  31. toe
  32. sail
  33. week
  34. hear
  35. made
  36. missed
  37. brake
  38. aloud
  39. made
  40. blew

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