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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 568 · 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 “mist”? (a) not (b) peace (c) missed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) son (c) waste
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) bear (b) pear (c) rose
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) one (b) meat (c) plane
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) buy
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) toe (b) whole (c) not
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) their (b) tail (c) toe
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) won (b) peace (c) pear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) road (b) hear (c) past
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) sea (c) flew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) bury (b) grown (c) see
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) sell (c) dear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) missed (b) one (c) plane
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) whole (b) heal (c) bear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) sail (c) flour
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) blue (b) by (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) meet (b) road (c) steel
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) made (b) berry (c) bare
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) waste (b) weight (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) flower (b) piece (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) plain (b) sail (c) heal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) tail (b) flu (c) meat
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) peace
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sell (b) hole (c) peace
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) plain (b) mail (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) mail (b) plain (c) tow
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) heel (c) piece
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) peace (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) new (b) waist (c) flower
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knew (b) know (c) dear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) blew (c) knight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) toe (b) pair (c) rows
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) groan (c) flew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) steel (b) one (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) knight
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) ate (b) bury (c) one
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) whole (b) piece (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) waist (b) flower (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) made (b) peace (c) rode
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) maid (b) flew (c) ate

Answer key

  1. missed
  2. flu
  3. pear
  4. plane
  5. cell
  6. whole
  7. tail
  8. peace
  9. past
  10. their
  11. grown
  12. waist
  13. plane
  14. bear
  15. bear
  16. by
  17. steel
  18. berry
  19. weight
  20. piece
  21. heal
  22. flu
  23. mist
  24. hole
  25. passed
  26. tow
  27. night
  28. son
  29. flower
  30. know
  31. sea
  32. rows
  33. sun
  34. heal
  35. knight
  36. one
  37. piece
  38. flower
  39. rode
  40. ate

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