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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 673 · 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 “flower”? (a) flour (b) weak (c) sun
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) knight (c) blew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) deer (b) heal (c) steel
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) toe (b) sea (c) their
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) won (c) week
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) night (b) knot (c) heal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) dear (b) plain (c) won
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) mist (b) waste (c) sale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) blew (b) flour (c) sun
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) meet
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) tail (b) new (c) one
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) meet (b) steal (c) tale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flu (b) dear (c) knot
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) wait (b) berry (c) night
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) cell (c) here
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) knot (b) bury (c) past
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) steel (c) sail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sale (b) grown (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) maid (b) knight (c) bear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) tow (b) deer (c) buy
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) waist (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) passed (b) berry (c) eight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) road
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) flower (c) rode
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) write (b) bear (c) past
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) peace (c) tale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) berry (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sell (b) steel (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) missed (b) wait (c) peace
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) deer (b) tow (c) break
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) eight (b) right (c) mail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) right (b) cell (c) berry
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) aloud (c) whole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) road (b) know (c) missed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) new (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) groan (b) sea (c) pear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) flower (b) no (c) heal
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) knew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) weight

Answer key

  1. flour
  2. buy
  3. steel
  4. their
  5. bare
  6. heal
  7. plain
  8. sale
  9. flour
  10. weak
  11. one
  12. tale
  13. meet
  14. knot
  15. night
  16. mail
  17. bury
  18. past
  19. grown
  20. knight
  21. deer
  22. hear
  23. berry
  24. road
  25. new
  26. past
  27. pair
  28. bare
  29. steel
  30. peace
  31. break
  32. mail
  33. berry
  34. see
  35. know
  36. flew
  37. sea
  38. no
  39. allowed
  40. weight

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