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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 674 · 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 “piece”? (a) groan (b) peace (c) weak
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) bury (b) flew (c) missed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) right (b) plane (c) passed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) sun
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) right (b) steel (c) here
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) knew (b) meat (c) night
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) bear (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) flower (c) sale
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) heal (b) grown (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) mist (c) dear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) no (b) rose (c) not
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) pear (c) toe
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) knight (b) missed (c) tail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) knew (b) passed (c) allowed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rows (b) flu (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) bury (c) sell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) buy (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) bare (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) knew (b) ate (c) blew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) one (b) no (c) eight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sale (b) no (c) knew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) past (c) blew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) son (c) missed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) there (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) sail (b) wait (c) knot
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) week (b) steel (c) knew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) aloud (b) groan (c) blew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) tow (b) maid (c) sun
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) flour (b) bear (c) right
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) not
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) mist (c) meet
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) maid (b) their (c) see
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) see (b) not (c) flower
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) weak
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) blew (b) wait (c) road
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) steel (b) no (c) pear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) cell (b) passed (c) there
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) groan (b) their (c) waist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) sea (b) road (c) cell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sell (b) pear (c) eight

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. missed
  3. passed
  4. flower
  5. steel
  6. meat
  7. week
  8. eight
  9. grown
  10. whole
  11. rose
  12. weight
  13. tail
  14. passed
  15. flu
  16. plane
  17. missed
  18. there
  19. blew
  20. eight
  21. knew
  22. dear
  23. sell
  24. bare
  25. knot
  26. steel
  27. groan
  28. maid
  29. bear
  30. not
  31. knight
  32. their
  33. flower
  34. weak
  35. wait
  36. pear
  37. there
  38. their
  39. road
  40. pear

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