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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 499 · 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 “heel”? (a) blue (b) male (c) heal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) blew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) no (b) flew (c) cell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) tale (c) break
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) tail (b) weight (c) break
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) dear (b) flu (c) maid
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flu (b) passed (c) berry
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) blue (c) write
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) aloud (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) their (b) meat (c) waste
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) one (b) rode (c) pear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) flew (c) no
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) heel (b) weak (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) waist (b) wait (c) know
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) waist (b) plain (c) knight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) dear (c) flour
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) waist (b) bare (c) dear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) bear (b) meat (c) knew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) know (b) missed (c) past
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) break (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flew (b) flour (c) meet
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) deer
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) no (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) blue (b) waste (c) flew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) blew (b) weak (c) sun
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) here (b) write (c) groan
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) pear (c) heel
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) weak (b) heel (c) steal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) buy (b) allowed (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) rose (b) mail (c) road
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) not (b) meet (c) pair
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) tow (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) write (b) meat (c) buy
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knew (b) week (c) ate
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) pear (b) deer (c) see
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) won (b) passed (c) here
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) meat (b) break (c) eight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) here (b) heel (c) tale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) meet (b) week (c) know

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. blew
  3. flew
  4. deer
  5. weight
  6. pear
  7. flu
  8. passed
  9. sale
  10. their
  11. waste
  12. rode
  13. allowed
  14. knight
  15. wait
  16. plain
  17. tale
  18. dear
  19. knew
  20. missed
  21. made
  22. meet
  23. deer
  24. son
  25. flew
  26. sun
  27. groan
  28. bare
  29. steal
  30. allowed
  31. mail
  32. meet
  33. ate
  34. meat
  35. ate
  36. see
  37. passed
  38. break
  39. tale
  40. know

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