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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 714 · 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 “ate”? (a) made (b) eight (c) night
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) whole (b) dear (c) ate
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) here (c) knot
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flew (b) right (c) blew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) their (b) blue (c) new
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) waist (c) no
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) steal (b) bury (c) blue
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) peace (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) ate (b) knot (c) waist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) there (b) heal (c) pair
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) break (b) meet (c) flew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) week (b) flew (c) rows
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) eight (b) steal (c) knight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) new (b) made (c) tow
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) sea (b) past (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) night (c) flower
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) here (b) weak (c) toe
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) heel (b) rode (c) peace
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) plain (b) hole (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) rose (b) heal (c) mist
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) heal (b) sun (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) steel (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) one (b) grown (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) meet
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) tale (b) steal (c) made
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) night (b) buy (c) ate
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) tale (b) flower (c) flu
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) bury (b) meat (c) male
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) deer (c) plain
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tale (b) weight (c) night
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) pear (c) by
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) weak
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) pear (b) grown (c) meet
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) made (c) dear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) flower (b) pear (c) no
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) steal (c) hear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) brake (c) blew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) bare (b) weight (c) knight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) rose (b) male (c) weak
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) pear (b) waste (c) mail

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. dear
  3. mist
  4. right
  5. new
  6. bury
  7. blue
  8. maid
  9. waist
  10. pair
  11. flew
  12. rows
  13. steal
  14. tow
  15. right
  16. sun
  17. weak
  18. rode
  19. hole
  20. heal
  21. mist
  22. tale
  23. flower
  24. allowed
  25. made
  26. buy
  27. flu
  28. male
  29. flower
  30. night
  31. one
  32. knew
  33. grown
  34. steel
  35. pear
  36. their
  37. meat
  38. knight
  39. weak
  40. waste

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