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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 467 · 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 “sail”? (a) passed (b) bare (c) sale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bare (b) won (c) write
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) bare (c) waste
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) by (b) dear (c) tow
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) blew (b) flu (c) deer
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) brake
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) past (c) see
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) eight (c) flower
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) past (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) maid (b) no (c) by
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) here (b) won (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) son
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) knot (c) pear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) heel (b) ate (c) sun
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) piece (c) blew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) rose (b) new (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) heal (c) waste
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) here (b) sale (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) right (b) break (c) passed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) flour (c) deer
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) aloud (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) pair (c) steel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) rode
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) mist (b) waist (c) knew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) heal (c) pear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) break (b) flu (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) berry (b) pear (c) hole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) here (b) steal (c) flour
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flour (b) heal (c) hole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) allowed (b) son (c) toe
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) pair (c) tail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) by
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) whole (c) road
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) hear (b) flu (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) made (b) flour (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) break (c) steel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) whole (c) one
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) allowed (b) hear (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) cell (c) their
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) flew (b) knew (c) here

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. write
  3. flower
  4. tow
  5. deer
  6. brake
  7. plane
  8. cell
  9. waist
  10. by
  11. won
  12. son
  13. see
  14. sun
  15. dear
  16. new
  17. whole
  18. sale
  19. break
  20. wait
  21. blue
  22. mail
  23. steal
  24. knew
  25. meet
  26. flu
  27. pear
  28. flour
  29. heal
  30. toe
  31. one
  32. rows
  33. here
  34. past
  35. flour
  36. flew
  37. night
  38. hear
  39. plain
  40. here

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