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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 643 · 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 “flower”? (a) sell (b) flour (c) one
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) hole (c) dear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) hear (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) son (b) not (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) toe (c) eight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) male (b) weak (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rows (b) waist (c) missed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) dear (c) hear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) not (b) maid (c) bear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) brake (b) mist (c) plane
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) cell (b) knight (c) pair
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) sale (b) pear (c) steal
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) made (c) hear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) weak (c) knight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) berry
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) sun (b) flu (c) cell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) won (c) cell
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) their (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) write (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) aloud (b) maid (c) bear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) rose (b) tale (c) tow
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) knot (c) know
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) aloud (b) blew (c) tail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) missed (c) mail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) bare (b) here (c) tow
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) one (c) allowed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) plain (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) know (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) heal (b) piece (c) mail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) male (b) heel (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) road (b) waist (c) flew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) pair (b) night (c) see
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rows (b) bury (c) one
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tow (b) their (c) dear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) eight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) meat (b) rode (c) night
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) road (c) blue
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) heel (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) waist (b) son (c) right

Answer key

  1. flour
  2. flour
  3. missed
  4. won
  5. not
  6. knew
  7. weak
  8. waist
  9. no
  10. maid
  11. mist
  12. pair
  13. steal
  14. wait
  15. see
  16. meet
  17. flu
  18. past
  19. passed
  20. road
  21. bear
  22. tale
  23. meat
  24. tail
  25. flower
  26. here
  27. write
  28. there
  29. break
  30. mail
  31. steel
  32. flew
  33. see
  34. bury
  35. their
  36. missed
  37. rode
  38. week
  39. meat
  40. right

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