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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 603 · 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 “meet”? (a) meat (b) tale (c) heel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) flower (b) pear (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) see (c) whole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) flew (c) week
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sun (b) flew (c) here
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sale (b) road (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) male (b) bury (c) hear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) berry (b) deer (c) male
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) missed (b) road (c) waist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) bear (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) heel (c) past
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) won (b) eight (c) wait
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) steel (b) buy (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) groan (b) past (c) here
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) berry (b) son (c) sale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) knight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) whole (b) plain (c) by
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) buy (b) cell (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) knew (b) weak (c) groan
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) rode (b) not (c) peace
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) whole (c) maid
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) son (b) bear (c) grown
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) toe (b) no (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) male (b) new (c) by
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) allowed (c) flower
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) road (c) knight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) allowed (c) hole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) meet (b) made (c) not
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) meet (c) here
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sun (b) ate (c) heal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) allowed (b) plane (c) brake
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) tail (c) break
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) brake (b) flu (c) weak
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) hole (b) rode (c) tale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) son (b) past (c) groan
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sea (c) hear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) brake
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) there (c) missed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) rose (b) peace (c) there
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) blue (b) groan (c) break

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. pear
  3. plain
  4. here
  5. flew
  6. road
  7. hear
  8. male
  9. waist
  10. their
  11. waist
  12. wait
  13. buy
  14. here
  15. son
  16. knight
  17. by
  18. flour
  19. groan
  20. peace
  21. tow
  22. bear
  23. no
  24. new
  25. by
  26. flower
  27. male
  28. not
  29. flu
  30. heal
  31. plane
  32. mail
  33. weak
  34. tale
  35. past
  36. flu
  37. brake
  38. week
  39. peace
  40. break

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