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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 76 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knew (b) here (c) week
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) here (b) meat (c) rows
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) not
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) break (b) plain (c) their
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) tale (b) made (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) week (b) sea (c) toe
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) grown (c) blew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) knew (b) plain (c) meat
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) weight (b) pear (c) break
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) hear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) night (b) cell (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) road (c) new
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) mail (b) deer (c) pear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) right (b) deer (c) waste
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knew (b) by (c) ate
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) buy (c) blue
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) aloud (b) flew (c) new
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) rows (c) steal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) know (b) peace (c) weak
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) blue (c) knight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) hear (b) flew (c) road
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) heel (c) berry
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) flu (c) there
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) new (b) missed (c) flew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) maid (b) there (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flower (b) dear (c) hole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rose (b) flu (c) knot
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flew (b) write (c) eight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) weak (b) knew (c) son
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) mist (b) not (c) berry
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) mist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) new (b) berry (c) mist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) week (b) blue (c) whole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) flower
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) wait (b) grown (c) pair
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) passed (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sun (b) grown (c) knot
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) week (c) by
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) cell (c) sail

Answer key

  1. here
  2. rows
  3. not
  4. their
  5. see
  6. sea
  7. waist
  8. meat
  9. break
  10. hear
  11. bear
  12. passed
  13. rows
  14. pear
  15. deer
  16. by
  17. sun
  18. new
  19. made
  20. weak
  21. flower
  22. road
  23. sale
  24. past
  25. flew
  26. flour
  27. hole
  28. flu
  29. write
  30. knew
  31. berry
  32. allowed
  33. mist
  34. blue
  35. aloud
  36. grown
  37. pear
  38. knot
  39. weight
  40. knew

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