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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 585 · 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 “dear”? (a) deer (b) no (c) flew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) weak (b) son (c) brake
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) rows (c) heel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) tail (b) sell (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) son (b) ate (c) aloud
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) night (b) toe (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) road (b) break (c) not
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) there (c) plain
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) knot (b) sun (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sea (b) blew (c) buy
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pear (b) flu (c) there
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) bury (b) pair (c) one
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) knot (b) night (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) see (b) pear (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) maid (b) road (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) made (c) brake
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) see (b) plane (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) mail (b) whole (c) see
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) won (b) waste (c) rode
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) rose (b) berry (c) meat
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) flour (c) buy
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) here
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) hear (b) flour (c) week
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) break (b) grown (c) deer
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) toe (b) missed (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) meet (c) pair
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) night (b) not (c) steel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) their (b) heel (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) sale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) knew (b) meat (c) flew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) meet (b) flower (c) sale
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sea (b) berry (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) grown (b) week (c) sun
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) road (b) pear (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) knight (b) their (c) sale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) dear (b) mist (c) road
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) rose (b) knew (c) steel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) meat (b) heel (c) peace
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) hear (c) bare
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) cell

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. son
  3. meet
  4. flour
  5. ate
  6. mist
  7. not
  8. right
  9. sell
  10. buy
  11. flu
  12. pair
  13. night
  14. pear
  15. road
  16. tale
  17. brake
  18. see
  19. rode
  20. meat
  21. rose
  22. here
  23. flour
  24. grown
  25. missed
  26. toe
  27. not
  28. waist
  29. sale
  30. flew
  31. flower
  32. berry
  33. sun
  34. tale
  35. their
  36. mist
  37. steel
  38. heel
  39. past
  40. sale

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