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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 474 · 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 “by”? (a) buy (b) son (c) flu
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) past (b) new (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) week (b) waist (c) heal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) there (b) waste (c) male
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) pear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) no (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) week (b) pear (c) steel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) male (b) whole (c) tow
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) tow (c) here
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) son (b) blue (c) new
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) pear (b) flew (c) knew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) their (b) passed (c) here
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) son (b) won (c) cell
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) ate (b) flu (c) sale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) break (b) steel (c) blew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) buy (c) aloud
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flower (b) peace (c) passed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) heel (b) one (c) know
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) mist (b) ate (c) sale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) won (b) sea (c) flour
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) by (b) knot (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bare (b) there (c) allowed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) heel (b) son (c) night
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) write (b) hear (c) new
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) waist (b) pear (c) deer
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) rose (b) piece (c) groan
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) write (b) tale (c) know
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) blew (c) passed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) dear (b) break (c) weight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) knight (b) aloud (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) right (b) tow (c) ate
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) weak (b) peace (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) tail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) rose (b) weak (c) weight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) hear (b) knight (c) won
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) road (b) ate (c) flu
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) there (b) flower (c) dear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) grown (b) piece (c) made

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. grown
  3. waist
  4. waste
  5. heal
  6. plane
  7. pear
  8. tow
  9. hear
  10. break
  11. blue
  12. flew
  13. here
  14. cell
  15. flower
  16. flu
  17. steel
  18. plain
  19. passed
  20. one
  21. sale
  22. sea
  23. knot
  24. there
  25. night
  26. new
  27. pear
  28. piece
  29. tale
  30. meet
  31. break
  32. berry
  33. ate
  34. bare
  35. tail
  36. weak
  37. knight
  38. flu
  39. dear
  40. piece

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