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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 561 · 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 “flew”? (a) there (b) flu (c) passed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) right (b) buy (c) pear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sea (b) deer (c) tale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flu (b) allowed (c) night
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) cell (b) whole (c) pair
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) plain (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) maid (b) pair (c) grown
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) groan (b) rows (c) road
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) flu (b) made (c) know
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) toe (b) blew (c) steel
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) son (b) road (c) buy
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) break (b) flower (c) know
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) tail (b) piece (c) flower
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) rose (b) whole (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) one (b) knot (c) here
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) weak (b) hear (c) peace
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) made
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) male (b) rows (c) mist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) pair (b) bear (c) eight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) tale (b) here (c) mail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) tail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) won (c) there
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) knew (b) past (c) heal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) pear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) hole (b) see (c) meat
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) flew (b) deer (c) won
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) passed (b) new (c) know
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) sell (b) no (c) weight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) tow (b) rode (c) flour
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) heal (c) see
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) aloud (b) one (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) aloud (b) bury (c) maid
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) hole (b) wait (c) flower
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) buy (b) groan (c) right
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) won (b) bear (c) flu
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) waist (b) see (c) rode
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) hear (b) won (c) sun
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) no (c) knew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) berry (b) pear (c) see
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) plane

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. pear
  3. tale
  4. allowed
  5. whole
  6. flour
  7. grown
  8. rows
  9. made
  10. steel
  11. buy
  12. know
  13. piece
  14. knight
  15. here
  16. hear
  17. piece
  18. mist
  19. eight
  20. mail
  21. tail
  22. pair
  23. heal
  24. weak
  25. meat
  26. won
  27. know
  28. weight
  29. flour
  30. past
  31. one
  32. maid
  33. flower
  34. groan
  35. bear
  36. see
  37. won
  38. deer
  39. pear
  40. plane

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