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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 707 · 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 “blue”? (a) knew (b) here (c) blew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) plain (b) hole (c) groan
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sea (b) meat (c) mail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) flour
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) flu (b) one (c) tail
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sea (b) one (c) flour
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) plain (b) not (c) mail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) maid (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) passed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) there (c) weight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) knew (b) flew (c) grown
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) see (c) eight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) flew (b) week (c) sell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) steel (c) son
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) break (b) deer (c) road
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) not (b) knew (c) right
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) passed (c) meet
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) rode (b) mist (c) not
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) peace (c) rode
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) toe (b) know (c) not
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) plain (b) missed (c) aloud
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) mail (b) hear (c) blue
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) tale (c) aloud
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) hole (b) knot (c) toe
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) whole (b) rows (c) won
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) weight (b) hear (c) break
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tale (b) deer (c) allowed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) heel (b) blue (c) cell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) tale (b) night (c) knew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) plain (b) mist (c) weight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) steel (c) hole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) berry (b) steal (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) pair (b) maid (c) steal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) berry (b) deer (c) rows
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knew (b) their (c) steel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) hear (b) see (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) made (b) deer (c) won
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) one (b) past (c) there

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. hole
  3. meat
  4. peace
  5. tail
  6. buy
  7. flour
  8. not
  9. male
  10. whole
  11. passed
  12. grown
  13. pear
  14. week
  15. road
  16. road
  17. knew
  18. not
  19. mist
  20. cell
  21. know
  22. missed
  23. hear
  24. hole
  25. knot
  26. won
  27. break
  28. allowed
  29. blue
  30. knew
  31. weight
  32. berry
  33. heal
  34. flower
  35. steal
  36. rows
  37. steel
  38. pair
  39. deer
  40. there

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