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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 760 · 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 “whole”? (a) meet (b) hole (c) blue
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) road (c) dear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) here (b) made (c) blew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) know (b) maid (c) blue
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) break (b) rose (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) heel (b) bury (c) here
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) know
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) waist (b) one (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) steal (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) bare
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sell (b) groan (c) pear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) tail (b) steel (c) one
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) ate (c) toe
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) steal (c) waste
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) know
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) cell (c) waste
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) week (b) toe (c) whole
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sail (b) dear (c) peace
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) heel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) meat (c) allowed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) piece (c) son
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) by (b) right (c) sun
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) break (c) mail
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) rose (b) mist (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) brake (b) here (c) mist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) break (b) sell (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) won (b) son (c) blue
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) groan (b) their (c) sea
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) buy (c) brake
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) right (b) sell (c) made
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) pear (c) whole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) knight (b) meet (c) weight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) grown (b) blew (c) sun
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) cell (b) tale (c) tow
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) by
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) peace (b) missed (c) meet
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sell (b) knot (c) know
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) meat
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) pair (b) tale (c) sail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) sea

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. flu
  3. blew
  4. maid
  5. rose
  6. bury
  7. buy
  8. one
  9. ate
  10. bare
  11. groan
  12. steel
  13. their
  14. toe
  15. mail
  16. flew
  17. toe
  18. peace
  19. flower
  20. passed
  21. their
  22. sun
  23. made
  24. bear
  25. here
  26. night
  27. son
  28. sea
  29. see
  30. sell
  31. write
  32. weight
  33. blew
  34. tow
  35. by
  36. missed
  37. know
  38. meat
  39. tale
  40. plain

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