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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 694 · 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 “there”? (a) break (b) meet (c) their
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) plane (c) buy
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) maid (c) road
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) missed (b) past (c) meat
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) allowed (b) knight (c) mist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) plane (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) rows (c) here
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) plane (c) one
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) flu (b) weak (c) mist
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) pair (b) rows (c) bury
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) meat (b) by (c) bear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) their (b) brake (c) night
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) night (b) wait (c) maid
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) mail (c) break
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) not (b) dear (c) son
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knew (b) made (c) flour
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) blew (c) pair
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) waist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) piece
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) one
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) write (b) maid (c) flew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) made (b) wait (c) flew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) peace (b) rode (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) mail (c) bury
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) toe (b) cell (c) maid
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) deer (b) whole (c) waste
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) won (b) ate (c) past
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) plain (b) aloud (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) knight (b) their (c) flower
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) new
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) waste (b) sell (c) heel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) ate (b) blue (c) made
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) there (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) blew (b) heal (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) plane (b) meet (c) knew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) waist (b) there (c) whole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) one
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) their (b) night (c) missed

Answer key

  1. their
  2. deer
  3. right
  4. meat
  5. mist
  6. tale
  7. sun
  8. blew
  9. weak
  10. rows
  11. by
  12. night
  13. maid
  14. their
  15. dear
  16. flour
  17. won
  18. waist
  19. piece
  20. knight
  21. blue
  22. flew
  23. flew
  24. blew
  25. wait
  26. cell
  27. whole
  28. ate
  29. aloud
  30. flower
  31. flu
  32. sell
  33. blue
  34. hear
  35. flour
  36. knew
  37. knight
  38. there
  39. one
  40. missed

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