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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 698 · 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 “here”? (a) pear (b) hear (c) no
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) aloud (b) sale (c) weak
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) buy (b) flour (c) sea
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) won
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) hear (b) flour (c) son
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) tale
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) hole (b) not (c) brake
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) flu (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) heal (c) ate
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) know (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) steal (b) pear (c) weight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) made (c) tail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) rose (b) flew (c) week
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) pear (b) here (c) sea
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flew (b) toe (c) maid
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) weak (c) sun
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) blew (b) their (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) plain (c) won
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) blue (b) pair (c) heel
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) here (c) mist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) one (c) blew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) eight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) mail (b) break (c) blue
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meat (b) new (c) night
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) past (c) flower
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) bear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) here (b) steel (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) pear (b) see (c) no
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) blue (c) eight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) knot
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) heel (b) knot (c) deer
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) blue (c) bury
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) made (b) mail (c) berry
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) waste (b) toe (c) plain
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) pear (b) steal (c) sale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knew (b) meet (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) peace (b) sale (c) sell
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) meat (c) wait
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) no (b) allowed (c) road

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. weak
  3. flour
  4. won
  5. flour
  6. tale
  7. not
  8. waste
  9. break
  10. buy
  11. weight
  12. berry
  13. won
  14. flew
  15. sea
  16. maid
  17. meat
  18. flower
  19. groan
  20. pair
  21. buy
  22. plane
  23. eight
  24. blue
  25. new
  26. blew
  27. bear
  28. brake
  29. see
  30. night
  31. knot
  32. deer
  33. son
  34. mail
  35. plain
  36. sale
  37. meet
  38. sale
  39. aloud
  40. allowed

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