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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 558 · 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 “meat”? (a) knight (b) wait (c) meet
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) flower (c) there
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) no (b) rows (c) blew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) flu (b) night (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) grown (b) new (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) break (b) weight (c) flower
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) bear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) week (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) new (b) made (c) wait
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) deer (c) night
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) heal (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) rows (b) buy (c) past
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) hear (c) knight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) blew (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) mail (b) tail (c) week
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) peace (b) bury (c) there
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) plane (b) rose (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flew (b) toe (c) waist
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) tail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sun (b) grown (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) not (b) see (c) blue
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) eight (b) peace (c) hear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) bury (b) eight (c) maid
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) ate (b) steel (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) won (b) grown (c) plain
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) meat (b) mail (c) heel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) right (c) missed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) missed (b) flower (c) weight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flour (b) knew (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) hear (b) allowed (c) passed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sale (b) their (c) heal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) won (c) there
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) male (b) rows (c) knot
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knight (b) rose (c) blew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) meat (b) see (c) waste
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) toe (b) hole (c) heel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) ate (b) flower (c) here
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) won
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) bare (b) steal (c) cell

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. whole
  3. blew
  4. night
  5. dear
  6. flower
  7. bear
  8. pair
  9. wait
  10. aloud
  11. buy
  12. buy
  13. won
  14. tale
  15. week
  16. bury
  17. rode
  18. waist
  19. tail
  20. grown
  21. see
  22. sea
  23. peace
  24. maid
  25. write
  26. plain
  27. mail
  28. know
  29. weight
  30. knew
  31. passed
  32. heal
  33. flower
  34. knot
  35. blew
  36. see
  37. heel
  38. here
  39. hole
  40. steal

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