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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 469 · 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 “flower”? (a) past (b) flour (c) road
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) road (b) week (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) week (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) there (c) flu
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) tow (b) tail (c) knew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) week (b) passed (c) heel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) know (b) past (c) meet
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) knot (b) weak (c) brake
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) rose (b) here (c) piece
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knight (b) bear (c) see
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) break (b) know (c) passed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) passed (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) tale (c) maid
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) sell
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) waste
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) weak (b) plain (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) grown (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flour (b) maid (c) sea
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) no (b) berry (c) meet
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) plane (b) cell (c) break
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) here (b) new (c) their
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) weight (b) by (c) steel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) flu (b) knight (c) knot
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) steal (b) won (c) meet
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) eight (b) bare (c) waist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) flu (b) here (c) deer
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) know (b) aloud (c) mist
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) toe (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) maid (c) flower
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) peace (b) pair (c) toe
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) allowed (b) night (c) tail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) rode (b) cell (c) knot
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) allowed (b) wait (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) night (b) male (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) here (b) sale (c) eight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) rode
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) road (c) rows
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) won (b) made (c) plain
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) aloud (b) flu (c) road

Answer key

  1. flour
  2. their
  3. write
  4. bare
  5. knew
  6. passed
  7. meet
  8. weak
  9. piece
  10. bear
  11. know
  12. write
  13. rose
  14. road
  15. flu
  16. eight
  17. missed
  18. sea
  19. berry
  20. cell
  21. their
  22. steel
  23. knot
  24. won
  25. waist
  26. here
  27. mist
  28. sell
  29. mist
  30. toe
  31. tail
  32. cell
  33. sun
  34. wait
  35. son
  36. eight
  37. rode
  38. mail
  39. made
  40. flu

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