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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 662 · 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 “mist”? (a) waist (b) right (c) missed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) break (b) flew (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) steel (b) bear (c) missed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) made (c) allowed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) tail (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) sell (c) mail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) rows (b) road (c) dear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) pear (c) plane
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) night (c) maid
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) plane (b) berry (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) heel (b) bear (c) right
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) rode (b) not (c) tow
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) dear (c) sail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) won (b) wait (c) grown
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) tow
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flower (b) hear (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) waste (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) ate (c) meat
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rows (b) know (c) see
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) rose (b) buy (c) flew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) road (c) bear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) wait (b) road (c) piece
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) their (b) here (c) waist
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) their (b) male (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) tail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) dear (b) write (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flour (b) groan (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) made (b) son (c) tale
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) toe (b) waste (c) there
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) write (c) eight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) right (b) sell (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) rode (c) grown
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) heal (b) road (c) write
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) blue (c) rows
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) berry (b) brake (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) deer (c) week
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) no (c) mist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flew (b) maid (c) their
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) new
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) no (b) deer (c) week

Answer key

  1. missed
  2. week
  3. missed
  4. buy
  5. rows
  6. new
  7. dear
  8. one
  9. past
  10. ate
  11. bear
  12. not
  13. mist
  14. grown
  15. rose
  16. hole
  17. break
  18. bare
  19. see
  20. flew
  21. flour
  22. piece
  23. here
  24. weight
  25. knew
  26. write
  27. groan
  28. son
  29. there
  30. hear
  31. road
  32. new
  33. write
  34. flour
  35. brake
  36. flower
  37. sun
  38. maid
  39. buy
  40. deer

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