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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 468 · 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 “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) weak (b) blew (c) ate
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rows (b) ate (c) see
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) their (c) not
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) deer (b) heal (c) blew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) missed (b) knew (c) waste
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) made (c) knew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) steal (b) cell (c) sun
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) groan (b) pear (c) rose
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) passed (b) pear (c) rose
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) pear (c) write
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) aloud (b) groan (c) blew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blew (b) sell (c) allowed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) blew (b) past (c) break
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) write (b) made (c) tow
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) see (c) aloud
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) pear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sun (b) won (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) buy
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) plain (b) made (c) aloud
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) past (b) bare (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) their (c) son
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) passed (c) male
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) week (b) right (c) blue
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) dear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) rows
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) mist (b) pear (c) berry
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) male (c) blue
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) waste (b) tail (c) week
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) right
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) night (b) blue (c) eight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) plain (b) hear (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) dear (b) maid (c) mist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) right (b) one (c) hole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) whole (c) aloud
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) past (b) break (c) meat
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) ate (b) brake (c) whole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sail (b) bear (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) steal (b) eight (c) here

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. blew
  3. see
  4. hear
  5. blew
  6. knew
  7. there
  8. sun
  9. pear
  10. rose
  11. plane
  12. groan
  13. meat
  14. allowed
  15. break
  16. tow
  17. missed
  18. waste
  19. won
  20. ate
  21. made
  22. hole
  23. eight
  24. aloud
  25. blue
  26. dear
  27. rows
  28. berry
  29. ate
  30. week
  31. hear
  32. blue
  33. knight
  34. maid
  35. one
  36. weight
  37. meat
  38. whole
  39. bear
  40. here

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