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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 64 · 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 “wait”? (a) weight (b) heal (c) bear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) mail (b) flew (c) groan
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) flower (c) knot
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) allowed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) plane (c) piece
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) their (b) sun (c) steal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) flew (b) meat (c) flour
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) wait (b) sail (c) break
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) plane (b) pear (c) bury
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) blew (b) sale (c) deer
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) toe (b) night (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) wait (b) dear (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) eight (b) waist (c) flew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) steal (b) blue (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) knight (c) cell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) there (b) sale (c) dear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) dear (b) peace (c) eight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) know (c) flour
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) see (b) berry (c) here
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) hear (c) allowed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) steel (b) heal (c) hear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) flour (c) mail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) meet (b) write (c) bury
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) rows
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) flower (b) cell (c) see
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) meet (c) rows
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) blew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) peace (b) whole (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) week (c) sail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) plain (b) not (c) sale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) week (b) rose (c) not
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) buy (b) berry (c) steel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) sell (b) steel (c) waist
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) road (b) male (c) aloud
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) right (b) sell (c) knew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) brake (b) tale (c) dear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) waste (c) made
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) made (b) break (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) flour (c) knight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) brake (b) sun (c) meat

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. flew
  3. ate
  4. pear
  5. meet
  6. sun
  7. meat
  8. break
  9. bury
  10. deer
  11. tale
  12. passed
  13. flew
  14. tow
  15. flour
  16. sale
  17. peace
  18. one
  19. here
  20. heel
  21. hear
  22. weak
  23. write
  24. rows
  25. see
  26. toe
  27. sell
  28. hear
  29. weight
  30. sale
  31. not
  32. berry
  33. waist
  34. aloud
  35. knew
  36. tale
  37. blue
  38. rose
  39. break
  40. meat

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