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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 682 · 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 “son”? (a) meet (b) sun (c) by
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) pear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) flower (c) meet
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) toe
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) brake (b) by (c) piece
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) steal (b) tow (c) pair
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) plane (b) flew (c) allowed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) eight (c) not
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flu (b) hole (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) write (c) missed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) heel (b) blew (c) meat
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) write (c) their
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) steal (b) plain (c) rose
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) maid (c) wait
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) rows (b) eight (c) road
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) steel (b) night (c) sun
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) plane (b) flour (c) eight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) pair (c) missed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) son (b) pear (c) meat
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) tow (b) tail (c) knight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) missed (b) new (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) cell (b) plain (c) waste
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) rode (b) male (c) there
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) steal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) blue (b) weight (c) grown
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) one (b) right (c) flew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) hear (b) steel (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) know (b) not (c) toe
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) won (b) night (c) made
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) rose (c) weak
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) their
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) bury (c) deer
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) past (c) plane
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) steel (c) tow
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flew (b) tow (c) sale
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) past (c) aloud
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) not (c) won
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) tale (b) son (c) missed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) week (c) male

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. bury
  3. plain
  4. toe
  5. by
  6. pair
  7. flew
  8. knew
  9. sell
  10. there
  11. meat
  12. one
  13. rose
  14. tale
  15. eight
  16. night
  17. flour
  18. write
  19. pear
  20. knight
  21. new
  22. waste
  23. there
  24. steal
  25. grown
  26. flew
  27. whole
  28. not
  29. made
  30. male
  31. their
  32. aloud
  33. flower
  34. meat
  35. son
  36. tow
  37. sell
  38. sail
  39. missed
  40. tail

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