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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 736 · 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 “son”? (a) sun (b) buy (c) here
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) road (b) week (c) write
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) new (b) male (c) allowed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) groan (b) tale (c) deer
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flew (b) knew (c) waste
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) hear (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) mail (b) by (c) here
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knew (b) peace (c) knight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) berry (b) tale (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) whole (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) made (b) sell (c) flew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) rose (b) peace (c) sail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) meat (c) sell
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) tale (c) week
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tale (b) tow (c) their
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) won
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) won (b) blew (c) hole
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) plain (b) blue (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) bare (b) mist (c) new
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) waste (c) rows
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) mist (c) ate
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) heel (b) road (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sell (b) break (c) knot
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) right (b) son (c) wait
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knight (b) blew (c) peace
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bare (b) tow (c) weak
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) write (b) pear (c) know
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) sale
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) no (c) deer
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) bear (b) missed (c) flew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) night (b) meat (c) made
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) tow (b) cell (c) passed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) by (b) road (c) pair
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) here (b) night (c) rose
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) new (b) sun (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) bear (b) aloud (c) deer
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) here (b) buy (c) won
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) not (b) hear (c) meet
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) allowed (b) bare (c) sail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) flew (c) flour

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. write
  3. male
  4. deer
  5. waste
  6. break
  7. here
  8. knight
  9. passed
  10. grown
  11. flew
  12. peace
  13. buy
  14. here
  15. tow
  16. won
  17. hole
  18. flour
  19. new
  20. peace
  21. flower
  22. road
  23. knot
  24. wait
  25. blew
  26. weak
  27. know
  28. sale
  29. meat
  30. flew
  31. made
  32. cell
  33. pair
  34. rose
  35. whole
  36. aloud
  37. won
  38. meet
  39. bare
  40. right

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