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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 51 · 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 “blew”? (a) rose (b) eight (c) blue
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) meat
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sail (b) flower (c) buy
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) here (b) road (c) waste
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) missed (b) knew (c) knight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) plain (b) flew (c) piece
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) know
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rows (b) write (c) mail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) weight (b) new (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) night (b) meet (c) know
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) new
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) tail (b) mist (c) rose
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) right (b) heel (c) rode
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) week
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) rode (b) not (c) piece
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) by (b) bury (c) rows
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) son (b) flew (c) piece
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) toe (b) sale (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) their (b) heel (c) peace
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) piece
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) pear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) plain (b) here (c) pear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) meet (b) son (c) heel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) flu (c) sail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) piece (c) rode
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) brake (b) male (c) mist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) night (b) blue (c) write
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) night
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) missed (b) peace (c) heal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) eight (c) flour
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) knew (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) mail (b) tail (c) made
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) knew (b) week (c) toe
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) whole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) passed (b) road (c) sun
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) not (b) flew (c) by
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) steal (b) son (c) rows
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) weak (c) mist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) road (b) right (c) passed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) toe (b) see (c) rows

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. meat
  3. buy
  4. waste
  5. knight
  6. piece
  7. know
  8. write
  9. new
  10. meet
  11. flu
  12. mist
  13. heel
  14. hear
  15. not
  16. bury
  17. flew
  18. sale
  19. heel
  20. blew
  21. flour
  22. here
  23. son
  24. weak
  25. weak
  26. mist
  27. write
  28. night
  29. heal
  30. wait
  31. tale
  32. made
  33. week
  34. flu
  35. sun
  36. by
  37. rows
  38. by
  39. passed
  40. see

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