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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 758 · 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) meet (b) flew (c) knew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) plane (c) flower
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) flu (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) toe (b) bare (c) steal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) flew (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flour (b) bear (c) ate
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) bare (b) grown (c) flu
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) road (b) sale (c) flew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) heel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) tail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) sea (c) tow
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) eight (c) toe
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) peace (c) sun
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) steal (b) groan (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) know (c) cell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) new (b) tail (c) no
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) their (c) heel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) brake (b) deer (c) sell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) not (b) night (c) here
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) heel (b) blew (c) plain
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hear (b) rows (c) deer
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) knew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) pair
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) pear (b) groan (c) whole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) bare (b) waist (c) weak
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) not (b) eight (c) meat
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) dear (b) sail (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) son (b) steal (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) son (c) meet
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) groan (b) sea (c) plane
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) week (c) bury
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) son (b) knight (c) maid
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) weight (b) one (c) hear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) plane (c) sun
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) knot (c) eight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) flour

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. son
  3. tale
  4. steal
  5. weight
  6. berry
  7. ate
  8. grown
  9. flew
  10. heel
  11. tail
  12. passed
  13. male
  14. passed
  15. hear
  16. sun
  17. no
  18. know
  19. deer
  20. here
  21. pear
  22. blew
  23. rows
  24. mail
  25. grown
  26. groan
  27. waist
  28. eight
  29. there
  30. brake
  31. rows
  32. plane
  33. weak
  34. mist
  35. maid
  36. hear
  37. road
  38. weight
  39. peace
  40. flour

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