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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 559 · 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 “flu”? (a) deer (b) tow (c) flew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) heel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) pair (b) tail (c) whole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) meet
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) son (c) steal
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) there (b) male (c) rode
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) dear (b) eight (c) brake
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) peace (b) waste (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) right
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) see (c) ate
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) write (b) pair (c) rose
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) grown
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) waste (b) mist (c) passed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) aloud (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) made (b) sale (c) hole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) won (b) flour (c) grown
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) son (b) deer (c) plain
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) waste (c) past
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) meat (b) break (c) allowed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) piece (b) berry (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) plane (b) blew (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) sail (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) rose (b) sun (c) night
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) made (b) won (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) road (b) write (c) allowed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) blew (b) deer (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) sea (b) flu (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) cell (c) hole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bury (b) meat (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) flu (b) mist (c) plain
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) week (b) right (c) steal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) flu (b) there (c) bury
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) right (b) flour (c) passed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) grown (c) steel
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) hole (c) weak
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) sail (c) week
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) knew (b) son (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) hear (c) allowed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) sell (b) hear (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) sale (c) flower

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. rose
  3. whole
  4. sell
  5. waist
  6. male
  7. brake
  8. waste
  9. meet
  10. passed
  11. pair
  12. maid
  13. mist
  14. cell
  15. sale
  16. grown
  17. plain
  18. pear
  19. break
  20. flu
  21. meat
  22. here
  23. night
  24. past
  25. allowed
  26. sail
  27. knew
  28. see
  29. meat
  30. mist
  31. right
  32. bury
  33. flour
  34. deer
  35. plain
  36. one
  37. son
  38. heal
  39. steal
  40. knot

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