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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 49 · 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 “blue”? (a) flew (b) blew (c) aloud
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sea (b) mail (c) hear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) meet
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) toe (b) deer (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) son (b) see (c) whole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) berry (b) heel (c) bare
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) allowed (b) plane (c) heal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) sell (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) missed (b) know (c) hear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) heal (b) sun (c) flew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) whole (c) plain
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) night (c) made
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) blew (b) piece (c) ate
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) won (b) blue (c) see
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) flu (b) tow (c) weight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) night (c) plain
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) son
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) see (b) no (c) pair
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) made (b) blue (c) grown
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) flu (b) no (c) maid
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sale (b) new (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) maid (b) knew (c) waste
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) right (b) son (c) sale
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) knew (b) here (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) steel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flew (b) new (c) cell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) plane (b) pear (c) sell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) heel (b) berry (c) here
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) flower
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) grown (c) wait
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) sell (b) aloud (c) steel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rose (b) passed (c) rode
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) flew (c) sun
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) heal (b) waste (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) hole (b) their (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) know (b) sea (c) tail
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flew (b) see (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flew (b) road (c) eight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) no (b) mist (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) steal (c) no

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. mail
  3. meet
  4. deer
  5. whole
  6. bare
  7. heal
  8. road
  9. hear
  10. flew
  11. steel
  12. male
  13. ate
  14. see
  15. tow
  16. cell
  17. rows
  18. pair
  19. grown
  20. maid
  21. new
  22. knew
  23. son
  24. blue
  25. hear
  26. new
  27. pear
  28. here
  29. pair
  30. break
  31. aloud
  32. rode
  33. see
  34. waste
  35. their
  36. sea
  37. mail
  38. eight
  39. aloud
  40. flour

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