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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 652 · 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 “flour”? (a) flower (b) break (c) blue
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) week (b) sale (c) break
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) plain (b) brake (c) male
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) buy (b) right (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) road (c) meet
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) groan (b) buy (c) tow
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) flour (c) bury
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) berry (c) flew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) brake (b) their (c) sail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) passed (b) mist (c) knot
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mail (b) wait (c) peace
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) won (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) meet
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) allowed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) knight (b) berry (c) break
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) waist (c) ate
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) male (c) no
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) bear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tail (b) pear (c) won
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) deer (b) grown (c) missed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) flower (c) blew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) weak (b) bear (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) flower
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) knot (c) their
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) whole (b) ate (c) road
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) here (b) deer (c) meat
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) piece (b) passed (c) rows
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) missed (b) one (c) made
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) wait (b) blew (c) flu
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) heal (b) bare (c) groan
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) male (b) rose (c) brake
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) missed (c) aloud
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) there (b) heal (c) flour
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) cell (b) sun (c) week
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) week (b) here (c) tail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) know (b) by (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bury (b) there (c) mist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) bare (c) break
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) hole (b) maid (c) grown
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) knight

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. sale
  3. male
  4. hear
  5. there
  6. buy
  7. not
  8. blue
  9. sail
  10. knot
  11. wait
  12. ate
  13. meet
  14. allowed
  15. berry
  16. dear
  17. knot
  18. weak
  19. won
  20. grown
  21. piece
  22. hole
  23. brake
  24. tow
  25. ate
  26. meat
  27. rows
  28. made
  29. flu
  30. groan
  31. rose
  32. sea
  33. flour
  34. week
  35. here
  36. by
  37. mist
  38. bury
  39. maid
  40. knight

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