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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 567 · 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 “flew”? (a) weight (b) week (c) flu
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) plain (b) heel (c) deer
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sail (b) sell (c) flower
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) passed (b) meet (c) right
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flu (b) sea (c) break
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) deer (b) right (c) brake
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) right (c) know
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) flew (b) wait (c) break
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) pear (c) aloud
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) male (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) wait (c) buy
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) one (b) peace (c) sell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) deer (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) passed (b) whole (c) meat
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) knew (b) grown (c) flu
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) break (b) hole (c) flew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) deer (b) son (c) one
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) blue (c) buy
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) rose (b) flour (c) mail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) won (b) past (c) sale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) weight (b) plane (c) new
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) pair (b) sale (c) bare
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) there (b) new (c) piece
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) berry (b) plain (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blew (b) knight (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) flu (b) made (c) pair
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) meet (b) knot (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) buy (c) there
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) heal (b) pear (c) blew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) write (b) wait (c) dear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) passed (b) blue (c) heal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) by (b) pair (c) dear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) waste (c) bare
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) steal (c) bury
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) night (b) plane (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) blue (b) cell (c) won
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sell (b) night (c) meet
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) buy (b) flew (c) maid
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) by (c) flu

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. deer
  3. sell
  4. right
  5. break
  6. brake
  7. wait
  8. break
  9. won
  10. meet
  11. piece
  12. peace
  13. meat
  14. meat
  15. grown
  16. flew
  17. one
  18. hear
  19. mail
  20. past
  21. new
  22. sale
  23. piece
  24. plain
  25. sea
  26. pair
  27. whole
  28. male
  29. pear
  30. dear
  31. blue
  32. dear
  33. know
  34. sun
  35. tail
  36. ate
  37. cell
  38. meet
  39. maid
  40. flu

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