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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 701 · 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 “toe”? (a) one (b) deer (c) tow
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) no (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) plain (c) heel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) berry (b) not (c) night
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) waist (b) write (c) new
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) flu (c) sale
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) toe (c) dear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) whole (c) rose
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) knew (b) made (c) peace
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) tail (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) son (c) grown
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) heel (b) here (c) sale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) know (b) one (c) aloud
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) buy (c) flew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) rode (b) hole (c) ate
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) dear (c) toe
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) sun (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) aloud (b) rows (c) steal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) here (c) peace
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sell (b) not (c) flew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) knight (c) deer
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) break (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) tail (b) ate (c) groan
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) not (c) son
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) by (c) hole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) by (b) mail (c) night
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) berry (c) see
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) write (b) knew (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) male (b) right (c) deer
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) tale (b) bury (c) pair
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flour (b) their (c) write
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) see (b) tail (c) rode
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) one (b) bare (c) road
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) one (c) grown
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) piece (c) grown
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) toe (b) peace (c) heel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) pear (c) wait
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) know (b) heel (c) not
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) plain (b) rose (c) bare

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. meet
  3. toe
  4. not
  5. new
  6. here
  7. see
  8. weak
  9. made
  10. hear
  11. sea
  12. here
  13. one
  14. son
  15. hole
  16. waist
  17. hear
  18. steal
  19. steal
  20. flower
  21. flew
  22. buy
  23. flu
  24. groan
  25. past
  26. knew
  27. night
  28. meat
  29. there
  30. deer
  31. pair
  32. write
  33. rode
  34. road
  35. flu
  36. weight
  37. heel
  38. maid
  39. heel
  40. bare

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