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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 71 · 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 “flu”? (a) see (b) flew (c) write
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) knew (c) wait
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) see (b) pear (c) here
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) toe (c) week
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) flour (c) new
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) blew (b) won (c) not
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) not (b) knight (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) here (c) aloud
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) no (c) pair
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flew (b) hole (c) heal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) son (c) sea
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) rose (b) weight (c) toe
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) male (b) peace (c) whole
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) flower (b) cell (c) right
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) wait (b) not (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) toe (b) wait (c) new
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) no (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) past
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) break (b) new (c) sun
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) peace (b) plane (c) meet
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) plain (b) groan (c) bury
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) deer (b) rose (c) new
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) wait (c) waist
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) toe (b) sail (c) plain
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) mail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) pair (b) mist (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) night (b) knot (c) plain
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) steal (b) meat (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) steal (c) whole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) weight (b) brake (c) here
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) brake (b) hear (c) son
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) rose (b) allowed (c) sun
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) eight (b) there (c) write
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) pair (b) there (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) right (b) mist (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) meat (b) weak (c) plain
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) knot (b) new (c) meat
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) mist (b) tale (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) missed (b) bear (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) night (c) flu

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. there
  3. here
  4. blew
  5. rode
  6. won
  7. missed
  8. steal
  9. tale
  10. heal
  11. flower
  12. weight
  13. whole
  14. right
  15. not
  16. wait
  17. night
  18. pear
  19. new
  20. plane
  21. bury
  22. rose
  23. flour
  24. sail
  25. piece
  26. mist
  27. knot
  28. meat
  29. waist
  30. brake
  31. hear
  32. sun
  33. write
  34. there
  35. waste
  36. plain
  37. meat
  38. male
  39. pair
  40. made

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