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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 493 · 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 “pear”? (a) waste (b) brake (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) write (c) by
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) toe (b) flu (c) sail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) berry (b) here (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) knot (b) male (c) maid
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) ate (c) deer
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) flew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) heel (b) night (c) dear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) made (b) son (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flew (b) meet (c) sea
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) maid (b) sale (c) ate
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) grown (b) heal (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) peace (c) waist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) rode (b) meet (c) buy
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) here (c) mist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) rode (b) eight (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) tow (c) new
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) heel (b) waste (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) weight (c) plane
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flew (b) deer (c) blew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) know (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) there (c) piece
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) road (c) flower
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rose (b) cell (c) blew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) night (c) meet
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bear (b) rode (c) plane
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) flew (c) night
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) night (b) mail (c) new
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) hole (b) know (c) by
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) grown (c) buy
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) sea (b) maid (c) flour
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) there (c) eight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) tail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) hear (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) right (b) whole (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) whole (b) their (c) meet
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) flower (c) sail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) allowed (b) won (c) no
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) rows

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. wait
  3. flower
  4. sail
  5. steal
  6. maid
  7. waste
  8. flew
  9. dear
  10. son
  11. sea
  12. sale
  13. heal
  14. know
  15. meet
  16. passed
  17. eight
  18. eight
  19. waste
  20. write
  21. blew
  22. right
  23. by
  24. missed
  25. blew
  26. weight
  27. plane
  28. son
  29. new
  30. know
  31. no
  32. maid
  33. past
  34. pair
  35. allowed
  36. whole
  37. their
  38. not
  39. won
  40. rows

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