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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 722 · 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 “flour”? (a) pear (b) bare (c) flower
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) berry (b) new (c) rose
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) bare (c) eight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) bury
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) meet (b) cell (c) passed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) week (b) steel (c) tow
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) hole (b) there (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) steel (b) see (c) allowed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) brake (b) by (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) toe (b) passed (c) waste
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) won (b) weak (c) flew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tow (b) son (c) night
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) tail (c) ate
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) waste (b) knew (c) brake
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) past (c) sea
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) pear (b) passed (c) their
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) ate (b) past (c) by
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) sea (c) rows
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) ate (b) maid (c) brake
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) pear (c) rose
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) deer (b) see (c) heel
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) grown
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) there (b) not (c) past
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) son (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) hole (b) break (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) night (c) one
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) heal (b) waist (c) break
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) weak (b) tail (c) passed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) passed (b) wait (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) wait (b) maid (c) blue
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) heal (b) there (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) weight (b) tail (c) here
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) one (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) eight (b) here (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) see
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) not (b) dear (c) knight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) tow (b) flu (c) meet
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) ate (b) mail (c) waste
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) bare (c) passed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) no (b) pair (c) sail

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. new
  3. plane
  4. sun
  5. passed
  6. steel
  7. sea
  8. allowed
  9. piece
  10. waste
  11. flew
  12. night
  13. road
  14. knew
  15. rows
  16. their
  17. by
  18. tale
  19. brake
  20. week
  21. heel
  22. grown
  23. not
  24. see
  25. waist
  26. mail
  27. waist
  28. tail
  29. wait
  30. blue
  31. there
  32. here
  33. weak
  34. heal
  35. weight
  36. knight
  37. flu
  38. mail
  39. mist
  40. sail

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