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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 636 · 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 “flu”? (a) break (b) flew (c) deer
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tale (b) maid (c) won
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) peace (c) plain
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flower (b) heal (c) know
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) bear (b) plain (c) rode
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) bear (c) sail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) week (b) won (c) peace
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) rose (b) sea (c) weight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) hear (c) heal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) flew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) blew (b) allowed (c) their
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) brake (b) knot (c) piece
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) weight (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) knight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) new (c) see
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) rode (c) made
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) meat (b) missed (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) by (b) dear (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flour (b) missed (c) night
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) groan (b) flour (c) waste
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) sell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) missed (b) one (c) aloud
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) pair (c) tail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) heal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) blue (c) tale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) know (b) flour (c) piece
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) bear (b) toe (c) weak
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) aloud (b) here (c) new
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) know (b) made (c) meat
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) mail (b) meat (c) whole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) hole (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) rode (c) bury
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) blew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) ate (b) hole (c) son
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) new (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) night (b) their (c) heal
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) write (c) tale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) hear (b) see (c) passed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) break (c) rose
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) by (b) sell (c) missed

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. won
  3. berry
  4. know
  5. plain
  6. waste
  7. won
  8. sea
  9. see
  10. ate
  11. their
  12. knot
  13. mail
  14. plane
  15. road
  16. no
  17. missed
  18. passed
  19. night
  20. flour
  21. bare
  22. one
  23. deer
  24. steel
  25. mail
  26. piece
  27. toe
  28. new
  29. meat
  30. meat
  31. cell
  32. allowed
  33. blew
  34. son
  35. sale
  36. heal
  37. buy
  38. passed
  39. aloud
  40. sell

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